Church leaders tackle Blair on morality of war

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy-O’Connor today issued a joint statement expressing doubts about the “moral legitimacy” of a war on Iraq and calling for a continuation of weapons inspections.

The churchmen’s intervention came as a setback to Tony Blair, who responded to last week’s million-strong march in London by vigorously asserting the “moral case for removing Saddam”.