by Sean Reilly | Feb 11, 2008
“There is no dispute about our common allegiance to the law of the land” Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams told the General Synod of the Church of England – and a watching world on TV and the internet – this afternoon, following the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 11, 2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has privately asked Archbishop Rowan Williams to clarify the precise import of his remarks about the social and legal codes of Sharia and the English civil law system, those close to No 10 Downing Street say. Dr Rowan Williams is doing so...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 11, 2008
A prominent Labour MP, speaking on behalf of the Christian Socialist Movement (CSM), has expressed dismay at what he calls “the hysterical and largely uninformed media response” to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s lecture on civil and religious law in...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 10, 2008
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is panicking over the demise of organised Christianity’s power and influence in society and seeking a multi-faith settlement to address these concerns, a TV discussion programme heard today. Speaking on BBC1’s ‘The Big...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 10, 2008
Following the row over the Archbishop of Canterbury’s speech on Sharia law, the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) has said it is content that its own marriage regulations exist outside the civil law. In a statement issued on behalf of the...
