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Philip Hensher: Mitre or no mitre, the Archbishop's views have no privileged position
Saturday 11 June 2011
Poor old St Paul is roped into a vision of a million council-tax funded youth workers
PM wades into poverty row with family outburst
Saturday 11 June 2011
David Cameron appeared to criticise people for having children before they could afford to care for them yesterday.
Cameron leads backlash against Archbishop
Friday 10 June 2011
David Cameron led a Government backlash against the Archbishop of Canterbury's stinging criticism of the Coalition's policy programme yesterday. The outspoken comments from Dr Rowan Williams, in which he protested that ministers were driving through radical policies not put to the voters, infuriated Downing Street.
Ian Burrell: How the 'Statesman' got the headlines out of Williams
Friday 10 June 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury's guest-edited edition of the New Statesman was a triumph for the left-leaning periodical but less so for Rowan Williams himself.
Leading article: Voice in the wilderness
Friday 10 June 2011
Turbulent priests have a long tradition within the Church in England. You don't have to look back as far the original one, Thomas à Becket, murdered at the whim of King Henry II. The history of church and state in far more recent times has been one of horns being locked on a far wider ranger of issues than the ones the Archbishop of Canterbury raised yesterday in the New Statesman.
PM rejects archbishop's criticism
Thursday 09 June 2011
Claims by the Archbishop of Canterbury that the coalition Government is pushing through radical change which no-one has voted for were rejected by Prime Minister David Cameron today.
Video: Archbishop's article 'is unbalanced'
Thursday 09 June 2011
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says the Archbishop of Canterbury's criticism of the Government was too one-sided.
Archbishop: no one voted for Coalition reforms
Thursday 09 June 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury has accused the Coalition Government of threatening democracy by pushing through reforms "for which no one voted".
Vatican sex abuse inquiry is delayed
Tuesday 07 June 2011
The Vatican has said it will be up to a year before a full report will be published on the Catholic Church in Ireland and the sex abuse scandal.
Archbishop 'uncomfortable' over Bin Laden killing
Thursday 05 May 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury today said the killing of an unarmed Osama bin Laden by US special forces left him with a "very uncomfortable feeling".
Fruity task for Apprentice hopefuls
Tuesday 03 May 2011
The next generation of business high-flyers are sent back to basics in the new series of The Apprentice.
Video: Archbishop talks sex before marriage
Thursday 28 April 2011
The Archbishop of York betrays his unorthodox opinions about sex before marriage, ahead of the Royal wedding.
Video: Archbishop blesses Royal couple
Thursday 21 April 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury has wished Prince William and Kate Middleton 'every richest blessing in their life'.
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