Anglican leader seeks help from British government. (Around The World).Because the cost of maintaining its historic churches is becoming burdensome, the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. is seeking more funding from the government. In March, Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. George Carey appealed to the British government to relieve the church of its "crushing burden." "It is scandalous MATTER, SCANDALOUS, equity pleading. A false and malicious statement of facts, not relevant to the cause. But nothing which is positively relevant, however harsh or gross the charge may be, can be considered scandalous. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4163. 2. that we have to pay so much for buildings we have inherited inherited received by inheritance. inherited achondroplastic dwarfism see achondroplastic dwarfism. inherited combined immunodeficiency see combined immune deficiency syndrome (disease). on behalf of the nation," Carey told the Archbishop's Council. "We are not able to serve as effectively because of it." Church estimates suggest that 16 percent of the Church of England's budget goes towards maintaining its buildings, some of which date back centuries. |
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