Speech given by Her Majesty The Queen at the opening ceremony of the eighth General Synod.
17 November 2005
I was saddened to read in The Guardian newspaper of 17th November a front page article headed 'Archbishops threaten split over gay clergy'. The article noted that a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury was posted on conservative evangelical websites and was being read around the world before he had had an opportunity to read it himself
17 November 2005
To begin by asking this audience, 'Why are you here?' may sound just a bit negative (shades of the wartime challenge, 'Was your journey really necessary?'). But it's meant as a serious and an open question.
17 November 2005
Hundreds of members of the new Synod of the Church of England join with Her Majesty the Queen, for a Communion Service to mark the opening of the 'church's parliament'. The synod is re-formed every 5 years and the Queen by custom attends the Eucharist and speaks at the opening session, in her role of Supreme Governor of the Church of England
15 November 2005
Archbishop Robin Eames addressed the Friends of the Salvation Army N.I. in Hillsborough Castle, Co Down.
11 November 2005
The memory of the slain priest, the Revd Atilano Coco, murdered by General Franco as he seized Salamanca during the civil war, was honoured in the new Anglican Centre in the historic city, opened last weekend
11 November 2005
[Inverness, California] Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attended All Saints Sunday services at the Parish Church and Retreat House of St. Columba's in the quaint California seaside town of Inverness
11 November 2005
The Queen has approved the nominations of the Reverend Canon Anthony Porter to the Suffragan See of Sherwood, in the Diocese of Southwell, in succession to the Right Reverend Alan Wyndham Morgan and the nomination of the Reverend Canon John Frank Ford to the Suffragan See of Plymouth, in the Diocese of Exeter, in succession to the Right Reverend John Henry Garton.
08 November 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams last week visited the European Institutions in Brussels the visit culminating with a call on the President of the Commission, President Jose Manuel Durao Barrosa on Tuesday afternoon
08 November 2005
A memorial service for the victims of the London bombings was held today at St Paul's Cathedral in London. The Service attended by relatives who lost loved ones, survivors and members of the emergency services joined a 2,300 congregation
01 November 2005