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| Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has pneumonia | Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has pneumonia |
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| The Archbishop of Canterbury has pneumonia, Lambeth Palace has said, a day after he pulled out of his Christmas Day sermon. | The Archbishop of Canterbury has pneumonia, Lambeth Palace has said, a day after he pulled out of his Christmas Day sermon. |
| The Most Rev Welby Justin Welby did not address Canterbury Cathedral after being confined to bed with what was described then as a "severe cold". | The Most Rev Welby Justin Welby did not address Canterbury Cathedral after being confined to bed with what was described then as a "severe cold". |
| Lambeth Palace said the archbishop was now having further bed rest. | Lambeth Palace said the archbishop was now having further bed rest. |
| His sermon, an annual tradition, was instead released as a statement in which he reflected on lasting peace. | |
| He alluded to the World War One battlefield truce on Christmas Day 1914, saying it illustrated "something of the heart of Christmas". | He alluded to the World War One battlefield truce on Christmas Day 1914, saying it illustrated "something of the heart of Christmas". |
| However, he also pointed out it was a "one-day wonder" and that the war continued afterwards. | However, he also pointed out it was a "one-day wonder" and that the war continued afterwards. |
| Ill for days | |
| Lambeth Palace had said the 58-year-old archbishop had been ill for several days and decided on the morning of the service that he was too unwell to make his address. | |
| The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Rev Robert Willis, delivered a homily in his place. | |
| In the sermon released in statement form, the archbishop said of the World War One truce: "The problem is that the way it is told now it seems to end with a 'happy ever after'. | |
| "Of course we like Christmas stories with happy endings: singing carols, swapping photos, shaking hands, sharing chocolate, but the following day the war continued with the same severity. | |
| "Nothing had changed; it was a one-day wonder. That is not the world in which we live, truces are rare." | |
| The most recent sermon given by the archbishop was earlier this month at a cathedral in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, which is in the grip of the deadly Ebola outbreak. | |
| He visited the country to express Britain's solidarity with the victims of the virus, and said he was "overwhelmed" by the people he met. | |
| As well as being the leader of the Church of England, the archbishop is the spiritual leader of the 77 million-strong worldwide Anglican communion. |