News of the murder of three Roman Catholic nuns in an Islamic nation, The Yemen, prompted an unexpected moment of silence at the beginning of the Lambeth Conference's plenary on Christian-Muslim relations, Monday (July 27).
29 July 1998
The bishops and spouses of Lambeth Conference took a day off from business, Tuesday, to have lunch at Lambeth Palace, tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and a boat ride down the Thames River past the Tower of London and the Millennium Dome.
29 July 1998
Introduction by the Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey...It is a great pleasure to welcome once again Mr. Noel Tredinnick and musicians and singers of All Souls' Church, Langham Place. Prime Minister, you see all around you the colourful leaders of the Anglican Communion. We represent 37 Provinces, shortly to become 38, and work in more than 164 countries
29 July 1998
Chaired jointly by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Baroness Chalker, the meeting reviewed the experience of debtor countries and the responses so far of the international community to their plight, especially in the case of those countries most affected by enduring poverty.
28 July 1998
An escalating rift between conservative African bishops and Bishop John Spong of the Diocese of Newark (USA) appears headed for a truce.
28 July 1998
Statement from the Archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, after a meeting at Lambeth Palace on Tuesday, 28th July 1998 with representatives from the OECD countries.
27 July 1998
The use of violence to enforce religious beliefs was denounced by Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey in an address to the Spouses' Programme at the Lambeth Conference, Monday, July 27.
27 July 1998
"Maravillosa!" said Bishop Julio Holquin Khoury of the Dominican Republic as he sat, catching his breath at Canterbury Cathedral Sunday night.
27 July 1998
Lambeth bishops got a quick lesson in the strong feelings on either side of the international debt debate, Friday, when World Bank President James Wolfensohn sharply criticized a video that opened the conference plenary on debt.
26 July 1998
Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of Cape Town, primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, put international debt on the center stage of the Lambeth Conference Friday by calling for cancellation of the debt of developing countries.
26 July 1998