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The Rev. Dr. Christopher Landau is the director of ReSource, a U.K. charity supporting local churches in spiritual renewal. An ordained Anglican, he is the author of A Theology of Disagreement. He was previously a BBC journalist, including two years as the World Service’s religious affairs correspondent. 
Pope Francis presents a gift to Justin Welby, then the archbishop of Canterbury, during a meeting with Anglican primates in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on May 2, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Christopher Landau
Archbishop Welby, who resigned last week in response to the charges that he had failed to report sexual abuse, had a rapport with Pope Francis that went far beyond dutiful ecumenism.