London (AP) – Bishop of London Sarah Mallali was declared on Friday as the next archbishop of Canterbury, for the first time in 1400 years, when a woman was chosen as a spiritual leader of the English church.
Mallalli, 63 years old, the former chief nurse in England, will face serious problems, including units about the treatment of women and LGBT people. She will also have to resist the fears that church leaders did not make enough to eradicate scandals at sexual violence that have been pursuing the Church for more than ten years.
The choice of Muller as the Archbishop of Canterbury notes notes the main milestone for the church, which ordered its first female priests in 1994, and her first female certificate in 2015. It follows 105 men who played a role since Saint-Augustine became the first Archbishop of Kenterbury in 597.
Mully sees hope, despite the vague times
In her first remarks, in the cartoon she spoke from the testicle in the Canterbury Cathedral, where she opened with a prayer and told about the hope that she saw, despite indefinite times all over the world and struggles in the church.
She said that her first calling was to follow Christ and spread his message. But she also considered some of the key issues that the nation faces, including the migration that created political units, the discussion in the parliament in parliament on the legalization of the assistance that she acts on, and she mentioned the “terrible violence” of the synagogue on Thursday in Manchester on Yom Kipur, the most close day of the Jewish year.
“We are witnesses of hatred that rises thanks to fractures in our communities,” said Mullalli. “I know that God, who is approaching with us to those who suffer. Then we, as a church, are responsible for being people who stand with the Jewish community against anti -Semitism in all its forms. Hatred and racism cannot be allowed to tear us apart. ”
She noted her place in the creation of the history of the church and thanked the women who came to her, saying that she intended to become a shepherd in the church to ensure the faith and practice of others.
“I will not always understand correctly,” she said. “But I will inspire me with a psalmopest that tells us that“ although you stumble, you will not fall in mind, because the Lord quickly holds your hand. ” I trust the truth of these words for me, for you, for the Anglican church, for the nation. ”
Starmer and King Charles welcome the appointment of Mallalli
Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed his appointment in the mullah in this role and wished her success.
“The Anglican Church has a deep importance for this country,” said Starmer. “His churches, cathedrals, schools and charitable organizations are part of the fabric of our communities. The Archbishop of Canterbury will play a key role in our national life. ”
Mully replaced the former archbishop Justin Welbywho announced his resignation in November after an independent investigation found that he could not tell the police about serial physical and sexual violence by a volunteer in Christian summer camps as soon as he found out about it.
“The new archbishop will face a decrease in the attendance of the Church, fanned by managerial structures and the clergy that quarrels from what people do in the bedroom,” said the British Association of the press, Andrew Greyston, the defender of the survivors in the church, who survived the brutal handling of the Church. “But the biggest problem for the new archbishop is to restore trust after a decade of scandals with cruel appeal.”
Mullyly, officially become the Archbishop of Canterbury at a ceremony at the Canterbury Cathedral in January, and then will persecute the official ceremony, which may include members of the royal family.
King Charles III, who approved her nomination, congratulated in the mullah and noted the importance of her role, which will have consequences around the world.
Archbishop of Canterbury is the first among equal
The Anglican communion has more than 85 million members in 165 countries, including the episcopal church in the United States. While every national church has its own leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury is considered the first among equals.
The process for Mallia was a 11-month marathon, chaired by the Committee, about 20 people chaired by the former General Director of MI5, the internal spy agency of Britain.
“At least in the last few cases, a new dad was chosen at high speed, but to choose the Archbishop of Canterbury, which is not entirely equivalent, but what many can consider as an equivalent position,” said George Gross, an expert on monarchy and modern religious thought in the Royal College London.
But this is not the most transparent of the processes. There was no published short of candidates and not open votes. It was rather a slow process of analyzing various groups of interests to find out which of the current bishops can lead the church forward.
