Prior to Friday, the Church of England was without a leader for nearly a year. In the not-so-distant past, this would have been as unimaginable as the UK being without a prime minister. And yet, in a sign of the church’s growing moral and cultural irrelevance, the long absence of an Archbishop of Canterbury elicited little public commentary or concern.
The news on Friday that Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the new head of the church may have brought this period of uncertainty to an end. But it won’t reverse the church’s growing estrangement from its congregants.
Indeed, Mullally’s ascension to the head of the church is, if anything, confirmation that the Green Party at prayer is more determined than ever to alienate the world’s dwindling Anglican flock and drive itself further into obscurity.
Among Britain’s right-thinking classes, the reaction to her appointment has been one of celebration. She is the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and therefore supposed proof that the church has moved with the times. The 63-year-old Mullally appears to firmly share this view, just as she shares much of the chronic wokeness that has eroded the church’s standing.
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