The Latest Breaking News from Justin Welby

Pope leads crowds in 1st outdoor Easter Mass since pandemic

Pope Francis is celebrating Easter Sunday Mass for the public in St. Peter's Square for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022

Archbishop Justin Welby says Rwanda asylum plan ‘cannot stand God’s judgment’ in damning Easter sermon

Justin Welby used his Easter Sunday sermon to say there are ‘serious ethical questions’ about the scheme.

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022

Priti Patel was warned evidence behind Rwanda plan ‘highly uncertain’, as Home Office concerns made public

‘Evidence of a deterrent effect is highly uncertain and cannot be quantified with sufficient certainty,’ Home Office permanent secretary says

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022

Rwanda plan is ‘against the judgment of God’, says archbishop of Canterbury

Leader of the Church of England attacks asylum scheme as charities stress that children could be among those shipped to Africa

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2022

Rwanda plans which will see migrants given one-way ticket 'opposite of nature of God', Archbishop of Canterbury says

Critics have derided the plans

Manchester Evening News · Apr 16, 2022

‘Opposite of nature of God’: Archbishop of Canterbury to condemn UK’s Rwanda migrant plan in Easter sermon

Church of England’s most senior bishop accuses government of ‘sub-contracting our responsibilities’

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022

Justin Welby backs removal of slave trader memorial in Cambridge college

Archbishop of Canterbury says Church of England has long way to go on journey towards racial justice

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022

People of Ukraine remembered in churches on Palm Sunday

The Pope called for an Easter truce in his Palm Sunday Vatican service.

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022

I pray in vain for wisdom amid the platitudes of Thought for the Day

Was it too much to expect more than the usual anecdotes after Ukraine was invaded?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2022

Archbishop of Canterbury criticises delay in removing plaque in chapel linked to slavery

‘Why is it so much agony to remove a memorial to slavery’

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022