Robert Runcie on Soviet reform

Title

Robert Runcie on Soviet reform

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

21 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:14

Description

Gareth Furby reports on a speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, to the British Council of Churches Assembly, praising Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for restoring churches to the people in the USSR. He is refusing to get involved in the row over whether the Queen should accept an invitation to Moscow.

Contributors

Robert Runcie; Gareth Furby

Keywords

Religion; Archbishops; USSR; Christianity; Churches; Church and State; Mikhail Gorbachev

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