Tag: Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s blog goes through the timeline:

The Most Revd. Rowan Williams 104th Archbishop of Canterbury final message for the Anglican Communion:

Damian Thompson writes in

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spoke out on gun violence in his comments on the BBC’s

… we are a ‘community of communities’. And perhaps in our own time we could translate this afresh and say we are a ‘network of networks’. Certainly this language has something to recommend it in an age when, so we’re told, networks are the decisive social fact for most younger people, often networks that are maintained through the new electronic media.

The next Archbishop of Canterbury roots are discussed in the Jewish Chronicle, where the editors express the hope that this background will help improve relations between the Church of England and the Jewish community in the UK.

If his handlers at Lambeth Castle allow him to go on tweeting, @Bishopofdurham is going need a new handle. Do the readers of Episcopal Cafe have some helpful suggestions?

Before “the announcement” he had 2,500 twitter followers. Now he’s approaching 6,000 and growing. It’s going well so far, then. His first tweet after a silence probably necessitated by the impending news of his elevation was on the afternoon of that historic day, 9 November. With the wryness that seems to be one of the characteristics of the man, he wrote: “Just heard of protest call to Lambeth at appointment of a woman as ABC. Am spelt Justin, not Justine. No agenda, just a matter of fact.”