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A World Transformed, A Life of Hope: Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter Sermon

The sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at the Easter Eucharist in Canterbury Cathedral, England, on Easter Sunday - 27 March 2016.

29 March 2016

C of E responds to British government budget announcements

Britain’s finance minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has this afternoon delivered the annual budget speech to MPs in the House of Commons; and the Church of England has been quick to respond to two measures which will affect churches.

16 March 2016

English Cathedral solves arrow-slit mystery. Or perhaps not

A longstanding mystery about the purpose of the cross shaped arrow slits in the battlements of Ripon Cathedral [in Yorkshire, England] appears to have been partly solved following an onsite visit of two archery specialists, although the results have led to more questions.

19 February 2016

Praying for the Primates

The Community of St Anselm, the new religious community of 36 young men and women from around the world, are in Canterbury this week to pray for the Primates of the Anglican Communion as they continue their deliberations.

13 January 2016

Mediator reports on options to rebuild or replace Christchurch Cathedral

Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand could be reinstated after a mediator reported that restoration work could leave the re-built cathedral “indistinguishable” from the one that was all-but destroyed by the 2011 earthquake. But the report says that the “costly and risky project” would be significantly more expensive and take much longer to build than a contemporary replacement.

08 January 2016

Crozier of Pope who initiated the conversion of England to be at Primates Meeting

The crozier of the sixth century Pope, Gregory I, who sent Augustine to England to begin the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons will be in Canterbury as the Primates of the Anglican Communion gather for their meeting in the city next week.

06 January 2016

Archbishop of Jerusalem takes part in ancient Armenian Muron service

The Archbishop of Jerusalem, the Most Revd Suheil Dawani, has taken part in a "sacred and mysterious" chrism service at the Armenian Orthodox Etchmiadzin Cathedral in the city of Vagharshapat, Armenia, at the invitation of the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Nourhan Manougian.

06 October 2015

Archbishop Welby praises 'ongoing project of reconciliation' on VJ Day

Japanese and British promoters of reconciliation join veterans for dedicated Evensong service

17 August 2015

Site cleaning begins at Haiti's Holy Trinity Cathedral

More than five and a half  years after a catastrophic earthquake destroyed Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, on July 20 workers began cleaning the site

30 July 2015

University interns provide research on cathedral artefacts

The cathedral says that the interns have “carried out some very valuable research work” in the Cathedral.

28 July 2015