Is there something 'demonic' in the political culture of America?
Rowan Williams
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17 April 2026
18 April 2026
Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, tells the Spectator's Edition podcast that Pete Hegseth's 'rhetoric about the violent obliteration of enemies' strikes him as 'diabolical' and that J.D. Vance appears to be 'floundering' in the religious arguments he is making.
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