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| Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury – in his own words | Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury – in his own words |
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| Justin Welby, has discussed a number of subjects since he was selected last year as the new archbishop of Canterbury. Below are some selections | Justin Welby, has discussed a number of subjects since he was selected last year as the new archbishop of Canterbury. Below are some selections |
| On gay relationships | On gay relationships |
| "You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship … The Church of England holds very firmly, and continues to hold to the view, that marriage is a lifelong union of one man to one woman. At the same time, at the heart of our understanding of what it is to be human is the essential dignity of the human being." | "You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship … The Church of England holds very firmly, and continues to hold to the view, that marriage is a lifelong union of one man to one woman. At the same time, at the heart of our understanding of what it is to be human is the essential dignity of the human being." |
| • Interview with the BBC before his enthronement on Thursday | • Interview with the BBC before his enthronement on Thursday |
| On benefit cuts | On benefit cuts |
| "As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish. It is essential that we have a welfare system that responds to need and recognises the rising costs of food, fuel and housing. The current benefits system does that, by ensuring that the support struggling families receive rises with inflation." | "As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish. It is essential that we have a welfare system that responds to need and recognises the rising costs of food, fuel and housing. The current benefits system does that, by ensuring that the support struggling families receive rises with inflation." |
| • Letter to the Sunday Telegraph opposing benefit cuts signed by Welby and 42 other bishops | • Letter to the Sunday Telegraph opposing benefit cuts signed by Welby and 42 other bishops |
| On his upbringing | On his upbringing |
| "It wasn't an easy upbringing. Living with someone who's got an alcohol dependency is complicated, to put it at its mildest. He was very affectionate, brilliant intellectually but quite demanding … I lived with him but I didn't know him very well. He told lots of stories but one was never really sure what was true and what wasn't." | "It wasn't an easy upbringing. Living with someone who's got an alcohol dependency is complicated, to put it at its mildest. He was very affectionate, brilliant intellectually but quite demanding … I lived with him but I didn't know him very well. He told lots of stories but one was never really sure what was true and what wasn't." |
| • On living with his heavy-drinking father, who brought up his son alone from when Welby was three. Gavin Welby was born Bernard Weiler, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Germany, something Justin Welby did not know before this Sunday Telegraph interview | • On living with his heavy-drinking father, who brought up his son alone from when Welby was three. Gavin Welby was born Bernard Weiler, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Germany, something Justin Welby did not know before this Sunday Telegraph interview |
| On alcohol | On alcohol |
| "I very much enjoy a drink. I remember reading that the children of alcoholics have a much better chance themselves of having a dependency problem. So Caroline and I have an agreement that she keeps an eye on me, so she'll say if I am going over … but I have rules myself. I don't drink alone, things like that." | "I very much enjoy a drink. I remember reading that the children of alcoholics have a much better chance themselves of having a dependency problem. So Caroline and I have an agreement that she keeps an eye on me, so she'll say if I am going over … but I have rules myself. I don't drink alone, things like that." |
| • Welby tells the Sunday Times about how his wife keeps a watch on his drinking | • Welby tells the Sunday Times about how his wife keeps a watch on his drinking |
| On his daughter's death | On his daughter's death |
| "For me and Caroline, Johanna's death and the few days after the accident and before she died were the most utter agony. Yet at the same time the presence of God was more clearly present than at any time in my life or Caroline's. I always struggle to find any kind of metaphor that would help [describe it]. You know the experience on a really windy day, standing on the top of a high cliff? The wind howls around you to the degree where it's almost difficult to balance. You feel almost dazed by it, yet with that there was this extraordinary presence of God and the power of God touching us very, very deeply, and love." | "For me and Caroline, Johanna's death and the few days after the accident and before she died were the most utter agony. Yet at the same time the presence of God was more clearly present than at any time in my life or Caroline's. I always struggle to find any kind of metaphor that would help [describe it]. You know the experience on a really windy day, standing on the top of a high cliff? The wind howls around you to the degree where it's almost difficult to balance. You feel almost dazed by it, yet with that there was this extraordinary presence of God and the power of God touching us very, very deeply, and love." |
| • In the same interview Welby describes the death of his first child, Johanna, killed in a car crash in France aged seven months | • In the same interview Welby describes the death of his first child, Johanna, killed in a car crash in France aged seven months |
| On female bishops | On female bishops |
| "The church has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the principle. It is a question of finding a way that there is a real consensus that this is the right way forward." | "The church has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the principle. It is a question of finding a way that there is a real consensus that this is the right way forward." |
| • Welby pledges to continue pushing for female bishops even after the synod rejected the idea | • Welby pledges to continue pushing for female bishops even after the synod rejected the idea |
| On becoming archbishop | On becoming archbishop |
| "The church will certainly get things wrong, I certainly will get things wrong. We will also get much right and do so already." | "The church will certainly get things wrong, I certainly will get things wrong. We will also get much right and do so already." |
| • Comment on his appointment as archbishop in November last year | • Comment on his appointment as archbishop in November last year |
| On deciding to become a priest | On deciding to become a priest |
| "There was a sort of white light moment, at a service at the church we were at, an evening service on a Sunday … listening to someone preach and a sense of God saying: 'This is what I want you to do.' But then there was two years of going through the selection process in the Church of England. They don't just go: 'Oh yes, whoopee, do come in.' Quite the reverse. They asked a lot of hard questions, and the more they asked the more I thought about it and the less I wanted to do it. But I couldn't get away from that sense of call." | "There was a sort of white light moment, at a service at the church we were at, an evening service on a Sunday … listening to someone preach and a sense of God saying: 'This is what I want you to do.' But then there was two years of going through the selection process in the Church of England. They don't just go: 'Oh yes, whoopee, do come in.' Quite the reverse. They asked a lot of hard questions, and the more they asked the more I thought about it and the less I wanted to do it. But I couldn't get away from that sense of call." |
| • Describing the moment when he decided to enter the church in a 2011 interview with the BBC | • Describing the moment when he decided to enter the church in a 2011 interview with the BBC |
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