Archbishop of Canterbury's New Year message: Children are worth more than money
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on society to recognise that children are more valuable than money in his New Year message.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has received support from other leading bishops over the disestablishment of Church and state. Photo: PA
Dr Rowan Williams said he realised that many people fear losing their jobs or their homes as recession looms.
But he warned that "our hearts would be in a very bad way" if we worried more about our finances than the welfare of our fellow human beings, in particular the young and vulnerable.
It is the latest in a series of comments made by the most senior cleric in the Church of England about the dangers to society of the growing economic crisis.
As the banking sector unravelled in September, Dr Williams claimed that Karl Marx had been right about the consequences of unbridled capitalism. more
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