Beyond reproach

The torturously complicated process to choose the new Archbishop of Canterbury is losing the faith of one half of the church

Hello! This week we are returning to the slow-moving and mind-numbingly bureaucratic procedure the Church of England is working through as it inches towards choosing Justin Welby’s successor as Archbishop of Canterbury. But even selecting the committee which then selects the committee which then selects the archbishop is mired in controversy and murky chaos. Is the C of E at risk of losing the trust completely of its conservative wing in its botched attempt to fill the most important job in the whole institution?

Unfortunately, for unforeseeable reasons outside of my control, I ran out of time yesterday to write anything else beyond this one story, so I’m afraid The Critical Friend is a little shorter than usual and lacks its final flurry of links also. Normal service will resume next week - thanks for your patience.