Canon Gideon Byamugisha, an Anglican priest whose remarks closed the ecumenical conference and brought about 500 people to their feet, is a living symbol of his cause: he talks openly about his HIV-positive status to fight the shame and discrimination felt by many with HIV and AIDS.
16 August 2006
To promote peace and harmony among different religions residing in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, a daylong Interfaith Coordination Conference was held in Peshawar organized by the Faith Friends NWFP chapter of the World Council of Religions.
12 August 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams is to visit China this autumn. The visit is at the invitation of the senior leadership of the post-denominational Protestant Churches in China.
09 August 2006
As I write, the UN continues its deliberations about what kind of resolution might be possible to support and effect a ceasefire in Lebanon. The optimistic gloss is that this could be achieved 'in a few days', though the organisation of an international peacekeeping force is likely to take several weeks.
09 August 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams is to welcome the Chief Rabbinate of Israel to Lambeth Palace in September. Chief Rabbis Amar and Metzger will travel to London for a special meeting with Dr Williams, during which a joint declaration will be signed, establishing a new joint dialogue process.
01 August 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams appeared on the 'today' programme this morning (21st July 2006) to talk about the Middle East. A transcript of the interview appears below.
21 July 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has sent a message of sympathy for victims of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai earlier this week.
14 July 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has set out his thinking on the future of the Anglican Communion in the wake of the deliberations in the United States on the Windsor Report and the Anglican Communion at the 75th General Convention of The Episcopal Church (USA).
27 June 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has responded to an urgent appeal from secular and religious authorities for assistance to meet a deepening humanitarian crisis in Bethlehem.
27 June 2006
'I am grateful to the Bishops and Deputies of the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church (USA) for the exceptional seriousness with which they have responded to the request of the Primates of the Anglican Communion that they should address the recommendations of the Windsor Report relating to the tensions arising from the decisions associated with the 74th General Convention in 2003
21 June 2006