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Category - Dr John Sentamu

  • 10 Oct 2009
    Sentamu joins backers of campaign against racism and fascism

    The Anglican Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has thrown his weight behind the Hope Not Hate campaign against racism, following the example of many other civil and faith groups.

  • 8 Sep 2009
    Desmond Tutu to help launch new York youth initiative

    The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, will join the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, to launch a York Youth Trust this coming Saturday.

  • 31 Mar 2009
    Responding to the BNP over 'What Would Jesus Do?'

    Given all the previous pronouncements about the BNP, why did the Archbishop of York and the Church of England refuse to answer the BNP when it asked what Jesus would do, asks Jonathan Bartley

  • 28 Mar 2009
    Archbishop calls on G20 leaders to invest in conflict prevention

    Anglican Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has called on leaders of the G20 nations gathering in London for their conference next week to increase their commitment to conflict prevention.

  • 2 Feb 2009
    Archbishop to commemorate Britain's first African Caribbean political activist

    Anglican Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu will be among the guests at the commemorative service for a notable eighteenth century social reformer and anti-slavery activist planned for next week.

  • 27 Jul 2007
    Church Urban Fund launches disaster relief fund for English flood victims

    A Church Urban Fund (CUF) Disaster Relief appeal has been established to provide help to those devastated by the recent floods across England. It was launched yesterda by Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu.

  • 20 Feb 2007
    Anglican Primates urged to opt for confidence-building rather than confrontation

    Anglican Primates (chief presiding bishops, archbishops and moderators) were last evening (19 February 2007) emerging from intense discussions at their meeting in Tanzania, as commentators across the world waited for a twice-delayed communiqu?© from the gathering concerning moves to secure the future of the 78-million strong Communion. The communiqu?© was finally issued at 22.30 GMT.

  • 14 Feb 2007
    Sentamu calls for action on Northern Uganda conflict

    Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, who experienced first-hand the military dictatorship of Idi Amin, has called upon religious and political leaders – not least current Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni – to end to the “suffering and misery” of those impacted by the bloody conflict in Northern Uganda.

  • 13 Feb 2007
    Enough is Enough, Anglicans who want to bar colleagues are told

    Amid confusion about who will play a role at the global Anglican Primates meeting in Tanzania this week ‚Ä' with reports that even the evangelical Dr John Sentamu is unacceptable to hardliners gathered around Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola ‚Ä' a UK-based broad church organization has declared ‚ÄúEnough is Enough‚Äù.

  • 21 Dec 2006
    Stop stereotyping secularists, Archbishop Sentamu is asked

    The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has been taken to task by the British Humanist Association for his attacks on what he calls “aggressive secularists”, notably in the claims and counter claims about the Christmas holidays.