As Justin Welby leaves office, Martyn Whittock explores the early medieval history that explains the authority structure of ...

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas as the new archbishop of Winnipeg, Canada. Archbishop Chatlain, a student of the Indigenous Dene language, succeeds ...

FILE - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his speech as Pope Francis presides over the first vespers on the day the Catholic church celebrates the conversion of St. Paul, in the St ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --Church of England leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was due to leave his post Monday, two months after resigning over his handling of a sexual abuse scandal. The 69-year ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, a critic of President-elect Trump, was named the new archbishop of Washington on Monday. Pope Francis named McElroy, who is the bishop of San Diego, to replace Cardinal ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as the next archbishop of Washington, DC. Cardinal McElroy ...

Justin Welby is spending his final day as Archbishop of Canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handling a Church of England abuse scandal. Almost two months after announcing his ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby laid down his bishop's crozier on Monday Justin Welby has symbolically laid down his ceremonial staff, putting an end to over a decade in post as Archbishop ...

At a press conference following his appointment as archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy said mass deportations are "incompatible with Catholic doctrine." McElroy made the remarks on ...

LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Following is a chronology of major events during Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's 11-year tenure as leader of the Church of England and spiritual head of the ...