Dark horse emerges in race to become UK’s next chief rabbi
Months behind schedule and mired in infighting, contest is raising questions about the committee overseeing the selection
View ArticlePope Francis urges protection of nature, weak
St. Peter’s square in Vatican City fills for new pontiff installation Mass
View ArticleThe ‘Vicar of Baghdad’ comes to Jerusalem
Canon Andrew White has lived for eight years in a fortified compound in the Iraqi capital, defying the bombs to provide food, medical aid and spiritual leadership to a growing congregation — and...
View ArticleThe first ‘Jewish’ archbishop of Canterbury heads to Israel
Justin Welby’s grandfather fled from Germany; his father bootlegged alcohol, knew JFK and was engaged to Vanessa Redgrave; he worked in the oil industry before feeling a call to God after his...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury: Israel the center of the world
In Jerusalem, the leader of 80 million Anglicans — who has a Jewish father — blesses Kerry’s peace efforts, highlights Christian imperative to ‘love our enemies’
View ArticleGeorge dunked in Jordan River water
Three-month-old Prince George is baptized by the half-Jewish Archbishop of Canterbury with water from the Land of Israel
View ArticleIsrael’s envoy to UK leads study at Anglican conference
After relations between Church of England and Jews hit rough patch, Daniel Taub gives presentation on faith and peace at synod
View ArticleIsrael joins search for Nigerian schoolgirls
Citing Jerusalem’s ‘globally acknowledged anti-terrorism expertise,’ President Goodluck Jonathan welcomes offer of help
View ArticleIS beheaded 4 Christian children, says ‘Vicar of Baghdad’
Speaking from Jerusalem, Anglican priest Andrew White recounts murder of youths who refused to convert to Islam
View ArticleManifestations of persistent anti-Semitism shock British MPs
At a cross-party panel, UK lawmakers leave their tea and scones and discuss grave implications of a new report on the oldest hatred
View ArticleAmid tensions, CIA chief pays surprise visit to Egypt
US-Egypt relations have been strained since President Sissi’s 2013 overthrow of elected president Mohammed Morsi
View ArticleMideast Christians face ‘apocalypse’ at hands of Islamic State, top UK cleric...
‘Elimination’ looms, warns archbishop of Canterbury; Pope denounces ‘monstrous evil’ inflicted upon Syria and Libya
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury finds his dad was Churchill’s secretary, not a...
Justin Welby, leader of world’s 85 million Anglicans, discovers his biological father was Sir Anthony Montague Browne, not the whisky salesman Gavin Welby who raised him
View ArticleJesus’s baptismal site, long sealed off, to be cleared of landmines
Churches at Qasr al-Yahud have languished behind barbed wire for five decades; now a UK anti-mine group plans to rid area of 4,000 explosives, giving pilgrims access
View ArticleReligious leaders strike somber note on Christmas
Continued fighting in Middle East and terrorism in Europe cast shadow over celebrations for world's Christians
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury to visit Israel in May
Justin Welby plans to hold interfaith events, visit holy sites in his first tour of region in four years
View ArticleAbbas to Trump: ‘It’s about time for Israel to end its occupation’
Palestinian leader says US president brings 'hope' for peace as Trump commits to do 'whatever necessary'; Trump urges end to incitement, says he wants Abbas to sign final agreement with Israel
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury prays at Western Wall with UK chief rabbi
At Yad Vashem visit, head of Church of England stresses imperative to fight anti-Semitism, calls it 'the root of all racism' within European culture
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury makes surprise Gaza visit
Head of Church of England tours two hospitals and a World War I British cemetery as part of his 10-day Holy Land trip
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury says Mideast peace talks may need to include Hamas
Justin Welby, in the Holy Land, stresses timing of such talks must be right to bring rewards, because otherwise there is the risk of 'a complete meltdown'
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