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Panel of Reference Review of Work

Panel of Reference Review of Work

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference met in the offices of the Anglican Communion Secretariat during the week beginning 30 April 2007.

08 May 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Sri Lanka

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Sri Lanka

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams is to spend four days in Sri Lanka next week as part of a visit to South East Asia. Dr Williams’ visit comes at a time when tensions have increased in the country following the apparent breakdown in peace negotiations between the Government and the Tamil Tigers.

04 May 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury to give inaugural Zaki Badawi Memorial Lecture

Archbishop of Canterbury to give inaugural Zaki Badawi Memorial Lecture

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will tonight give the inaugaral Zaki Badawi Memorial Lecture at Lambeth Palace. The lecture is entitled 'Islam, Christianity and Pluralism', and will focus on the different attitudes between the two faiths regarding both pluralism as a religious thesis, and pluralism as a social and political reality.

26 April 2007

Lambeth Conference Plans move forward

Decision-makers met last week to continue their planning for progress plans for the Lambeth Conference 2008. 

26 April 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury - moral vision should be at the heart of politics

Archbishop of Canterbury - moral vision should be at the heart of politics

In his lecture this evening in Hull, birthplace of William Wilberforce, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will urge politicians to rediscover the moral energy and vision which inspired Wilberforce; defend the right of the citizen to call the state to account for its actions; and ask whether we still believe in the notion of "a moral state".

24 April 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury in Burundi meeting

Archbishop of Canterbury in Burundi meeting

The Archbishop met with the Vice-President of Burundi, Dr Martin Nduwimana, in London. The meeting took place at Lambeth Palace yesterday evening and the two discussed the continuing difficulties faced by Burundi after a 12-year civil war.

20 April 2007

A New Anglican UN Office in Geneva

A New Anglican UN Office in Geneva

The opening of a Geneva office in April 2007 hails a new phase for Anglican representation at the United Nations.  Funded through a grant from the Anglican Communion, the office is a physical sign of Anglican commitment to the international humanitarian issues that are central to UN work in Geneva.

20 April 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury - church needs to listen properly to the bible

Archbishop of Canterbury - church needs to listen properly to the bible

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan WIlliams, has told an audience of theological students that both intensely liberal and ultra conservative readings of the Bible are 'rootless' and are limited in what they can contribute to the life of the church.

17 April 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit US Church

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit US Church

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has announced that he intends to visit the United States this autumn in response to the invitation from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church.

17 April 2007

Text of Archbishop Rowan Williams Thought for the Day broadcast, on Radio 4

Text of Archbishop Rowan Williams Thought for the Day broadcast, on Radio 4

Good morning. As we've just been hearing, this week's news suggests that there is something about which we can literally take heart. 

10 April 2007