Thursday, November 08, 2012

Lead story today on Newsround 3.15pm TV bulletin-

Leah: First. He's only been a bishop for about a year, but it looks like Justin Welby will take the top job in the Church of England. It's thought that tomorrow morning he'll be announced as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, taking over when the current Archbishop, Rowan Williams, retires next month. Justin Welby has had a very fast rise to the top - he was only promoted to Bishop of Durham, in the north east of England, last year. Now one of the things he believes in is allowing women to become bishops, even though other people in the Church don't agree.

Newsround TV 4.25pm bulletin (2nd story)

Leah: He's only been a bishop for about a year, but it looks almost certain that this man, Justin Welby, will be in the top job in the Church of England. It's thought that tomorrow morning he'll be announced as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, taking over when the current Archbishop, Rowan Williams, retires next month. Justin Welby has had a very fast rise to the top - he was only promoted to Bishop of Durham, in the north east of England, last year. It's a really important job, not just in this country, but worldwide too.

Ben Edson, Vicar of St James' Manchester (Video clip): Although he's based here, his role is across Europe, across Africa, across the entire world. And so when there's problems in those countries he'll often speak about those problems - and speak for the voice of the Church within that place. So he represents me as an Anglican in Manchester, but he also represents Anglicans in Nairobi, in Bulawayo - across the entire world. So he's an important figure globally as well as within this country.

The Archbishop story was also the lead at 5pm on BBC One

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