Robert Runcie

thumb| Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, MC, PC (2 October 1921 – 11 July 2000) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. Quotes People are mourning on both sides in this conflict. In our prayers we shall quite rightly remember those who are bereaved in our own country, and the relations of the young Argentinian soldiers who were killed. Common sorrow could do something to reunite those who were engaged in this struggle. A shared anguish can be a bridge of reconciliation. Our neighbours are indeed like us. Falklands service in St. Paul's (26 July 1982). Reported in Margaret Duggan, Runcie: The Making of an Archbishop (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983), 0-340-32340-X, p. 227 In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion. Quoted in The Independent (7 December 1988). Reported in Robert Andrews, ed., Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations (1996), 0-304-34640-3, p. 476 External links Category:1921 births Category:2000 births Category:Archbishops of Canterbury