Clerics rate Blair.London (ENI) -- The two senior leaders of the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. paid tribute recently to British Prime Minister Tony Blair's religious commitment but voiced concern over his decision to embark on military action in Iraq. Rowan Williams  The current Anglicanism Collaboration of the Month isBook of Common Prayer The next collaboration will be selected on September 30, 2007. (Vote here) , the 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. , referred to Mr. Blair--who was scheduled to step down as British prime minister at the end of June - as a person of genuine personal faith. "There have naturally been differences of vision and judgment between the prime minister and the Church of England, not least over the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. , but he has been consistently willing to allow these disagreements to be voiced and discussed openly," said Archbishop Williams. "I fundamentally disagreed with Tony Blair over the invasion of Iraq--which I saw as a breach of international law--but disagreement is part of the free and fair society which he has endeavoured to uphold during his time in office," said Archbishop of York
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