But one other demand made by the head of the church, Patriarch Alexy II, may soon be fufilled.
Canterbury has been the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries.
The bishop was named as the next head of the Church of England on Friday.
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But making investors or taxpayers wealthier is not the primary motive of the head of the Church of England.
That is, Channel 4 presented his message as a reasonable counterpoint to the Christmas greetings of the head of the Church of England.
Ironically, we all owe a debt of gratitude to Rowan Williams, who in his capacity of Archbishop of Canterbury is the head of the Church of England.
The Rt Rev Justin Welby said there would be tears on his departure from the city, when he becomes the head of the Church of England next March.
In 1535, Sir Thomas More, former Lord Chancellor of England, was executed for treason after refusing to recognize Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England.
It wasn't until the end of the 10th Century that the head of the church started taking a different name to the one he was born with, said Melloni.
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In March, Dr Williams announced he would step down as Archbishop of Canterbury - the head of the Church of England - in December, after 10 years in the role.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams - the spiritual head of the Church - said the divisions arising in the global Anglican Communion following the consecration were "a matter of deep regret".
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Jovial but brash, Cardinal Bertone has clashed behind the scenes with both the head of the Catholic church in Italy and the boss of the Vatican bank, the Institute for Works of Religion.
The Conservative, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has a series of amendments which would allow a Roman Catholic to become King or Queen, but would then transfer the role of Head of the Church to a Regent, under the terms of the 1937 Regency Act.
The Old Etonian apparently due to be named as the new head of the established church has a huge, unsustainable financial deficit to shrink - which is perhaps redolent of the challenge faced by another Old Etonian who became head of government in 2010.
The papacy ended on a very low key after Benedict promised during a final meeting with the cardinals - who will shortly elect his successor - to show "reverence and obedience" to the new head of the Church, from whichever continent or nation he may come.
The new head of the Catholic Church is usually elected after the death of his predecessor, and there is no public record of any previous meeting between an incumbent pope and a former pope.
To this day, Turkey refuses to recognize the spiritual head of the Orthodox Church, the ecumenical Patriarch Barholomew, who will host Pope Benedict in Istanbul later this week.
In 1980, Pope John Paul II arrived in France on the first visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the early 19th century.
The 50-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church of the Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), was caught near Las Vegas after spending at least two years on the run.
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The monarch is also head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England, head of state of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth countries.
In his latest comments at the swearing in of a new head of the Anglican Church of Uganda, the president was careful to neither condemn the bill nor openly support it, our correspondent says.
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The Labour MP Chris Bryant has an amendment down to remove the section that allows the monarch to approve the marriage of the first six people in the line of succession - and various amendments on questions like appointing a regent as head of the Church of England, if the monarch is not a member, are still on the order paper.
Dr Paisley's suspicions of the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland surfaced during a tense meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Westminster in June 1981 during the hunger-strike.
The outgoing head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has hinted he will withdraw into seclusion after stepping down at the end of this month.
Also on Sunday, Serbia held a day of remembrance for the 28 victims during which the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle, appealed for calm.
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has used his Christmas message to reiterate the church's stance on abortion.
The head of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Sean Brady, said he also welcomed the news agreement has been reached on the devolution of policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly and on a range of other issues.
"As Roman Catholics worldwide prepare for the conclave, we are reminded that the current system remains an 'old boys club' and does not allow for women's voices to participate in the decision of the next leader of our church, " said Erin Saiz Hanna, head of the Women's Ordination Conference, a group that ordains women in defiance of church teaching.
His visit to the Cologne synagogue, rebuilt after World War II, will mark only the second time in history that a head of the Catholic Church has entered a Jewish place of worship.
One local hermit, Pietro del Morrone, was even elected as the head of the Catholic Church in 1294.
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