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Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Rome

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Rome

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to visit Pope Benedict XVI in Rome later this year.

23 March 2006

Making the global local: Bringing the message of sustainability to the Church of England Dioceses

Making the global local: Bringing the message of sustainability to the Church of England Dioceses

The Church of England has been working with The Conservation Foundation on a series of events linked to the Foundation's Parish Pump Programme since 2001. 

22 March 2006

Archbishop's sermon at the service to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Thomas C

Archbishop's sermon at the service to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Thomas C

When it was fashionable to decry Cranmer's liturgical rhetoric as overblown and repetitive, people often held up as typical the echoing sequences of which he and his colleagues were so fond. 

21 March 2006

Archbishop of Canterbury: Speech on Church Schools: a National Vision

Archbishop of Canterbury: Speech on Church Schools: a National Vision

Faith schools are in the news again. Fresh government proposals have once again given opportunity for critics to repeat a variety of charges against faith-related education, reinforcing the complaint that public money ought not to support private conviction - especially when private conviction is responsible for promoting irrationality or violence or social division.

14 March 2006

Archbishop sets out thinking on Lambeth Conference 2008

Archbishop sets out thinking on Lambeth Conference 2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury has written a pastoral letter to the 38 Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches, setting out some thinking on the Lambeth Conference in 2008

09 March 2006

Closing Statement of the ACC Delegation to the 50th Session of the UNCSW (2006)

Closing Statement of the ACC Delegation to the 50th Session of the UNCSW (2006)

Greetings from the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) Delegates to the 50th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW).

08 March 2006

ACC Chairman addresses Executive Council of ECUSA

ACC Chairman addresses Executive Council of ECUSA

John Paterson, bishop of Auckland and chair of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), told the Executive Council of ECUSA that he hopes General Convention will rigorously debate the Windsor Report while keeping in mind the communion that Anglicans share.

07 March 2006

Archbishop's Ash Wednesday statement on hunger in Sudan

Archbishop's Ash Wednesday statement on hunger in Sudan

The World Food Programme and the Anglican Church worldwide deal with the needs - the primary needs-of millions of people everyday. And in this, as in so many areas, what we need is better and better resource partnership with the organisation. 

06 March 2006

Assembly Message invites Churches and World to unite in Prayer

Assembly Message invites Churches and World to unite in Prayer

The 'Message' of the 9th Assembly is an invitation to prayer. In proposing the document for adoption, message committee moderator Wendy Evans explained that the message is neither a report nor an exhaustive listing of concerns, but that 'the message reflects the heart of the Assembly.

01 March 2006

Archbishop - religions of peace have to show trust in each other

Archbishop - religions of peace have to show trust in each other

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that the claims of both Christianity and Islam to be religions of peace need to be demonstrated through practical trust.

28 February 2006