Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Duchess of Vendome, nee Princess Henrietta of Belgium, sister of King Albert, addressed to the people of France a public letter inviting them to associate themselves with the people of Belgium in celebrating the golden jubilee of Desire Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines...
Beneath Cardinal Mercier's roof at Malines have been held sundry conversations relative to the dim possibility of a merger between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches. Vigilant patriots of England have pestered the Archbishop of Canterbury (Randall Davidson) for "explanations." Dr. Davidson said nothing. Consequently he has been denounced as a "traitor," "idolater," "conspirator." But last week he finally stated that the conversations amounted to nothing. The uproar subsided...
Union, said the Archbishop, was to be found in another direction-union between the Anglican Church and the non-Episcopal churches in Great Britain. Conferences at Lambeth Palace (residence of the British Primate) between Anglicans and Nonconformists (dissenters) are steadily progressing. "Results" will soon be published...
...Archbishop also reported negotiations with the Eastern Orthodox churches...
Disestablishment of the Church of England by the Labor Government is a subject of conversation. It would deprive the Anglican Church of its privileged position. Its Bishops would no longer sit in the House of Lords, nor would the Archbishop of Canterbury rank before all the peers of the realm after the royal princes...