Rowan Williams says goodbye

From here:

Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, says his final goodbye.

It’s been a turbulent 10 years for the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury.

Only recently he has had to fight to maintain unity within the Anglican community amid rows over the contentious issue of women bishops.

And in the past he has come under fire for comments made on a number of controversial topics, including sharia law.

Cheerio, Rowan. I’ll miss the beard, the eyebrows, your wisdom on how well sharia law would fit into British life, your denouncing of evil bankers, the failure of capitalism, the jewels to be found in the inner depths of Marxism, your heroic Hegelian striving to find a happy medium between truth and lies and your virtuoso performance in taking the public position you did on human sexuality while privately believing the opposite. I expect your successor will continue much of your good work, so it only remains for me to say:

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