For the first time in the UN Human Rights Council’s short existence, substantive issues took slight precedence over institutional issues during this September leg of its sixth session.
08 November 2007
Conference to explore Bicentenary themes An ecumenical conference for church youth workers will consider how the legacies of slavery in all its forms can still impact minority ethnic young people today, as the Bicentenary year of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade comes to a close.
04 November 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, today held talks in Jerusalem with Israel's Chief Rabbis. The Archbishop, accompanied by Bishop Suhail Dawani (Bishop in Jerusalem) and Bishop Michael Jackson (Bishop of Clogher), held the second in a series of annual discussions with Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger of Israel, accompanied by the Chief Rabbi of Haifa Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen.
31 October 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to make a brief visit to Israel this week to meet with the Chief Rabbis of Israel. Archbishop Williams will meet with Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
30 October 2007
February 26 through March 9, 2007, Anglican and Episcopal delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, at UN headquarters in New York City and nearby locations.
30 October 2007
A new look website will make its first appearance on the Feast of All Saints, 1 November, 2007
29 October 2007
The Revd John Kafwanka, research/project officer for Mission and Evangelism at the Anglican Communion Office in London, looks ahead to the 2008 Lambeth Conference of Bishops and speaks about its mission focus.
29 October 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent a message to the Bishops of Los Angeles and San Diego expressing his sadness at the devastation brought by the raging fires in California.
26 October 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent a greeting to Islamic communities for the coming festival of Eid, marking the end of Ramadhan.
11 October 2007
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, today received a copy of a key letter from Muslim scholars and religious leaders addressed to Christian religious leaders. Dr Anas S. Al-Shaikh-Ali, Chair of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, and one of the signatories to the letter, presented it to the Archbishop at Lambeth Palace.
11 October 2007