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The new God squad: what Archbishop Welby and Pope Francis have in common

Evangelicals have taken charge in the Vatican and Lambeth Palace

6 July 2013

9:00 AM

6 July 2013

9:00 AM

It’s a few weeks after the election of Pope Francis, and a notoriously leaky church source is talking about the revolution to come. The new leader of the faithful is a sharp operator who finds himself surrounded by ‘a medieval court system of hopeless characters, each jealously guarding their own silos of activity.

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