Everything about Barry Morgan totally explained
Barry Morgan (born
1947) has been the leader and
Archbishop of the
Church in Wales since
2003.
Archbishop Morgan was born in
Neath,
Glamorgan, and studied at
University College, London, and
Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was ordained in
1973 and became a parish priest and later a lecturer in
theology. In
1993 he became
Bishop of Bangor and in
1999 Bishop of Llandaff. He is
Welsh-speaking, and has written books on various subjects, including the poetry of
R. S. Thomas.
In September 2006, he challenged the UK government's plans to renew the
Trident nuclear missile system. According to the
BBC, he expressed concern "
about the government's apparent commitment to a long-term replacement for the Trident weapons system. With that kind of money we could prevent 16,000 children dying every day from diseases caused by impure water and malnutrition. The deaths of 16,000 children a day is the equivalent of 40 jumbo jets crashing every day of every week. Our world wouldn't tolerate that - just look at what happens when our airports grind to a halt. But we do tolerate hunger, poverty and impure water, and are prepared to contemplate spending our resources on weapons of mass destruction." The Archbishop clarified that the view expressed were his own, and not those of the
Church in Wales, however, the
Church Governing body later supported his views, supporting the motion that "
...the Governing Body deplore the decision of Her Majesty’s Government to consider the maintenance and renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons programme."
In December 2007, Morgan blamed "fundamentalist atheism" for the phenomeneon of de-Christianisation in public life, saying that
Christmas was being called "
Winterval," hospitals were removing Christian symbols from their
chapels, and schools were refusing to allow children to send
Christmas cards.
This attack has followed in a tradition of similar attacks claiming that atheists are destroying Christmas, a charge hotly contested by secular and atheist groups.
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