Mischievous, kind, extraordinarily empathetic: The Pope I knew supported me even at my lowest hour. Writing exclusively for The Independent, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recalls ...

When he was appointed in 2013, he was meant to be a managerial kind of Archbishop, someone whose earlier career as an oil man would help him handle the tricky politics – around historic abuse ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has resigned following criticism of his failure to prevent child sex abuse. The Most Rev Justin Welby stood down after a damning report into his handling of the worst ...

Mr Welby said he did not believe it had occurred to his father that Smyth’s case had not been properly reported to the police. “When, as Archbishop, you are told that something has happened ...

Yesterday Justin Welby resigned as Archbishop of Canterbury after a damning report found that there had been and is a ...

LIVE – Updated at 18:35. Justin Welby’s automatic peerage may be in doubt in the wake of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to step down from his role.

Justin Welby has admitted that he had been alerted to concerns about the Church of England’s most prolific serial child abuser 40 years ago. The Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged that he had ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed that years ago his wife felt pressured into having an abortion by hospital staff who feared their child would have a disability. The Most Rev Justin Welby ...