Meditation by the Archbishop of Canterbury.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day...
Good Morning. Today the body of Diana, Princess of Wales will be laid to rest. What a tragic and cruel ending to the life of a person who loved life, loved people and had so much to give! And our grief has been intensified by the news of Mother Teresa's Death.
08 September 1997
A liturgy that expresses the finest of Anglican tradition combined with "Diana's free spirit" has been formed into a funeral service that will be remembered for generations to come. The service will begin with the traditional sentences from the Book of Common Prayer set to music by well known composers, William Croft, one-time organist at Westminster Abbey.
04 September 1997
A transcript of the interview with The Most Revd Richard Holloway Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus shown on BBC2 Newsnight.
03 September 1997
Anglican Church leaders from around the Communion have expressed shock and sadness over the news of the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Prayers were offered for the repose of her soul in parishes around the world and thanksgiving offered for her life and work in Britain and around the world. Of utmost concern to Church leaders was the welfare of her surviving sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
31 August 1997
The Church of England at its General Synod meeting in York this week voted that the church's present policy on homosexuality was "not the last word on the subject".
21 July 1997
The Archbishop of Canterbury is to be urged at the next year's Lambeth Conference to help exiled Palestinian Christians return to Jerusalem.
04 July 1997
Lichfield Diocese in the English Midlands received nearly 300 missionaries from all over the world last month for a festival of mission entitled - Come to the Feast.
04 July 1997
The House of Bishops of the Church of England has dismissed the idea that lay people can preside at Holy Communion.
01 July 1997
Pilgrims Way 1997, which celebrated the joint 1400th anniversaries of St Augustine and St Columba, ended with a Eucharist at St Columb's Anglican Cathedral in Derry on Monday 9 June. The pilgrimage began in Rome in May when a group of ecumenical pilgrims travelled the route St Augustine would have taken to Canterbury.
26 June 1997
The House of Bishops welcomes the opportunity which the Archdeacon of Wandsworth's motion will provide for the General Synod to discuss the House's statement 'Issues in Human Sexuality'.
20 June 1997