贾斯汀Welby

在四月份的一次采访中，坎特伯雷大主教回顾了过去的一年。他说，英国遭遇了一个“全国性创伤后应激障碍”的案例;很自然，许多失去亲人的人对上帝感到愤怒。这是贾斯汀·韦尔比(Justin Welby)典型的务实回应。韦尔比自2013年以来一直担任英国国教和全球圣公会(Anglican Communion)的精神领袖，他推动教会和整个社会在多个方面进行变革。在这样做的过程中，韦尔比体现了一系列矛盾。韦尔比曾是石油公司高管，现在在气候变化问题上直言不讳，并鼓励教会的投资部门推动主要排放国的气候政策。虽然韦尔比是英国最受瞩目的机构领导人之一，但他在福利改革和脱欧实施方面抨击了英国政府。虽然他是一个有1400多年历史的教堂的负责人，但在大流行开始时，他是鼓励服务转移到网上的先驱。韦尔比的工作并不容易。多年来，英国国教会(Church of England)在英国每周的礼拜人数一直在下降(尽管大多数圣公会教徒都在南半球); it has been beset by a slew of damaging scandals, including allegations of racism within the Church and the trauma inflicted by generations of pedophile priests. Welby, too, has come under criticism for his outspokenness. But even for many outside his titular flock, he remains an inspirational figure. Alongside his modernizing push, it has been his own openness about mental health and grief—he lost a young daughter in 1983—that has particularly resonated in a year of loss.