Thursday, September 17, 2009

Archbishops criticise City for lack of Christian values


From the London Telegraph-

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, told bankers to repent over their mistakes, as he fears the City is getting back to "business as normal".

"There hasn't been what I would, as a Christian, call repentance," the Archbishop told the BBC. "We haven't heard people saying 'well actually, no, we got it wrong and the whole fundamental principle on which we worked was unreal, was empty'."

He also warned the gap between rich and poor would lead to a "dysfunctional" society and that "economics is too important to be left to economists". Dr Williams also said he believed the government should act to cap bonus payments.

The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, added to the criticism. He said that the fallout from the crisis could put morality back at the centre of public life.

In a speech to members of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales, Dr Morgan said he believes global recession may have caused sentiment to turn.

He called for the church to ask congregations to force morality back on the agenda. The Archbishop argued that communities and trust in public institutions had been damaged by policies focusing on market forces.

More here-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6199096/Archbishops-criticise-City-for-lack-of-Christian-values.html

1 comment:

Brad Evans said...

Disestablish the church.
Iran, the Vatican and England are the only three places on earth that have clergy, per their constitutions, involved in government.