The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has accepted an official invitation to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II in Rome on Friday. He will be the first serving Archbishop of Canterbury to attend a Pope's funeral
05 April 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has paid a warm tribute to the life and ministry of Pope John Paul II, describing his last days as a 'lived sermon' for Eastertide about facing death with honesty and courage
04 April 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has expressed his sadness on learning of the death of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. The Archbishop said, "Pope John Paul was a leader of manifest holiness and a faithful and prayerful friend of the Anglican Church.
02 April 2005
On behalf of the Anglican Communion worldwide, I extend sympathy to our brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Church as we join in mourning the death of Pope John Paul II
02 April 2005
The document that came from the recent meeting of Anglican Primates in Northern Ireland has been read and discussed very widely. But one paragraph has barely been mentioned by any commentator, inside the Church or outside.
22 March 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has welcomed the Covenant statement issued yesterday by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA), during their spring meeting in Camp Allen in Texas
16 March 2005
The Anglican Communion Office is pleased to announce a joint publication with the Lutheran World Federation as part of the LWF Documentation Series. This is a comprehensive volume that contains the texts of all the major Anglican - Lutheran ecumenical agreements between 1972 and 2002, bringing them together in one place
16 March 2005
Ecumenical Women 2000 is a coalition of Christian denominations and ecumenical organizations at the United Nations focusing on the global intersections of religions, human rights and gender. As a delegation of seventy-five women of faith representing all regions of the world, we unequivocally support the Political Declaration
09 March 2005
The unity of the Anglican Communion was positively demonstrated when 41 women from 27 provinces gathered as the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) delegation to the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting in New York 28 February- 11 March, 2005
09 March 2005
Members of the Anglican-UN Representation in Geneva will be attending the Human Rights Commission - a major annual conference drawing together UN member states, national institutions, international organisations and NGOs/Civil Society - on behalf of the Anglican Observer at the United Nations.
09 March 2005