The first baby baptised by a former leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has had his baptism “reaffirmed”, but this time by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Andrew Carnegie, 52, was christened as a newborn by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor in Southsea, during his early days as a priest. Carnegie returned to the Christian faith as an Anglican – and last weekend he underwent a full immersion reaffirmation by Archbishop Justin Welby in a ceremony in the historic
25 September 2014, The Tablet
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