From International Business Times-Besides the Roman Catholic Church that elected a new leader in March with Argentinean Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio emerging as Pope Francis, another Christian religion just picked a new leader. Anglican bishops enthroned Archbishop Justin Welby as the Archbishop of Canterbury on March 21.
He replaced Dr. Rowan Williams who moved on to an academic post.
Ironically, both newly installed leaders of major Christian sects had other careers before they followed another path. Archbishop Welby, 57, used to be an oil executive and was ordained only in 1989. Pope Francis worked as a chemist and even has a master's degree in Chemistry.
However, one difference between them is the global attention that the papal conclave and inaugural mass attracted, while the Anglican church event was hardly noticed in the press, prompting one letter writer to The Washington Post to point out the differences in publicity generated.
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