Serving as the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans in an increasingly secular world is just one of the challenges for Justin Welby. He also had a king to crown and immigration policy to condemn.
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Charles Is Crowned King in Ancient Ceremony With Modern Twists
The coronation, the first since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953, was a royal spectacle of the kind that only Britain still stages.
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It’s OK to Be Single, the Church of England Says: So Was Jesus
In a new report, a church commission looking at families and households called on society to “honor and celebrate singleness.”
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Returning From Africa, Pope Francis and Christian Leaders Condemn Anti-Gay Laws
In an in-flight news conference after six days in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Francis also denounced conservative critics who he said had “instrumentalized” the death of Benedict XVI.
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Operation London Bridge: What Happens After Queen Elizabeth’s Death
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has set in motion a meticulously choreographed process — known as Operation London Bridge — that the palace, and the nation, has spent decades planning.