Forgiveness

Welby in Amritsar — damned if he does; damned if he doesn’t

September 15, 2019
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The Archbishop of Canterbury visited the site of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the Punjabi city of Amritsar. He didn't merely visit it, he prostrated himself very publicly before a memorial to those who were shot, and expressed his…

Manchester suicide bomber rescued by Navy? Yes, it’s the price we pay for being Christian

July 31, 2018
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"The Manchester suicide bomber was rescued by the Navy from war-torn Libya three years before his pop concert atrocity, the Mail reveals today." It's a great opening line for an…

An abused dog howls for the love of God

January 6, 2016
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An abused dog is stroked for the first time. The sound is piercing and distressing. It isn't quite a howl of anguish; more a shriek of intense fear. It…

Dylann Roof is forgiven and forgiven and forgiven by victims' families

June 21, 2015
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On the evening of 17th June 2015, Dylann Roof attended a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where, by all accounts, he…

Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive the politicians who trespass against us

May 5, 2015
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Trust – or more precisely the lack of it – has arguably been the defining theme of this General Election. This was plainly demonstrated during last week’s BBC Question…

If we can 'pardon' past convictions for gross indecency, why not heresy?

March 5, 2015
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The Royal Pardon is usually reserved for those who, having once been convicted of a criminal act, are subsequently discovered to have been innocent of the offence and so…

Justin Welby did not "'say sorry' for bombing the Nazis"

February 14, 2015
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Following the publication by the Daily Mail of a story entitled 'Archbishop "says sorry" for bombing the Nazis', the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury has issued the following…

The Queen of peace and reconciliation

December 26, 2014
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"For me, the life of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, whose birth we celebrate today, is an inspiration and an anchor in my life. A role model of…

The power of God's love to transform hardened criminals

November 23, 2014
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Over the course of the last week, the Church of England has been running a fascinating series of podcasts talking to offenders currently in prison about finding God and the difference…

Justin wept over Church of England child abuse

October 28, 2014
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The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a speech yesterday to the Parliamentary Press Gallery – a group made up of privileged journalists and reporters who mill around Westminster hour after…

“I have forgiven the Islamic militants, because they did not know what they are doing”

August 31, 2014
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Some images are just too awful to publish. It would be easy to scour the internet to find pictures of headless Christian children in Nigeria, summarily slaughtered by Boko Haram…