The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, on a visit to a former centre of the West African slave trade, has spoken of the continuing challenge of "overcoming slavery in old and new forms".
29 July 2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will be visiting three countries in West Africa from 23-31 July in the course of a visit to the Anglican Church there. Dr Williams will be visiting Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia during the seven-day stay.
21 July 2003
The road that has led him to this point has been extremely arduous; and I must pay the warmest public tribute to the dignity and forbearance he has shown throughout, often under the most intrusive and distasteful personal scrutiny.
06 July 2003
Issues of human sexuality have had a profound impact on the Anglican Communion in recent weeks, giving a cause for celebration for some and anxiety in others.
27 June 2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has announced the appointment of a Chief of Staff for Lambeth Palace. Mr Chris Smith, currently General Manager of Hoare's Bank, will take up his duties in late September.
25 June 2003
None of us will need any persuading that the recent appointment of Canon Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading has proved a controversial and challenging one.
23 June 2003
On Corpus Christi, as the Church remembers with thanksgiving the institution of Holy Communion, it's a good time to remind ourselves that within our Christian vocation there is a call to community, a sharing of one bread, one cup, and to see how that fits with the world as it is.
19 June 2003
A Communiqué of the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, meeting in Northern Ireland, June 10th - 14th 2003
17 June 2003
Arrangements are well under way for the Al Azhar-Anglican Communion Dialogue which will take place in New York 10-11 September 2003.
16 June 2003
Dr Rowan Williams has today (Wednesday 11 June) delivered his first major address on inter faith relations since becoming Archbishop of Canterbury.
11 June 2003