Archbishop of Canterbury – Rowan Williams steps down

Author says the battle for Britain’s soul begins with the appointment of the new ABC:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9150332/The-battle-for-Britains-soul-begins-here.html

 

Backbench Tory MPs call for conservative ABC

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/18/tory-mps-urge-cameron-to-choose-traditionalist-archbishop

 

According to the Church Mouse and others, with the retirement age of 70, neither Sentamu nor Richard Chartres are likely candidates. Tim Stevens has been mooted and dismissed for the same reasons, as apparently there is a need for the next ABC to oversee the 2018 Lambeth conference.

 

The Guardian says Rowan Williams is a good man who had an impossible task:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/16/rowan-williams-good-man-impossible-task?newsfeed=true

In-fighting breaks out:

 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article3355821.ece

 

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