Category - archbishop of york

Church openness needed on welfare issues

Press Office — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:10:51 +0000

Responding to a recent speech by Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu on the role of faith groups in social welfare provision, Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion and society think-tank Ekklesi

Sentamu praises community work by faith groups and dismisses critics

staff writers — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:30:27 +0000

The Archbishop of York has called on the Government to give fuller recognition to the work carried out by faith groups in delivering social services and has dismissed those concerned about equalities and other issues.

Tributes pour in for murdered anti-gun campaigner

staff writers — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:39:25 +0000

Church leaders and anti-gun charities have paid tribute to Ms Pat Regan, a mother who became a prominent campaigner against violence after she lost her son in what was dubbed 'an underworld style shooting' in 2002.

Archbishop's 'leap of faith'

agency reporter — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:18:43 +0000

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will jump out of an aeroplane today to raise money for the families of soldiers killed or injured in Afghanistan. The Archbishop was one of the most prominent opponents of the war in Iraq.

Sentamu in TV dog collar protest against Mugabe human rights abuses

staff writers — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:27:48 +0000

In a typically colourful live television gesture, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu cut up his clerical collar and has said that he will not wear one again until Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been removed from power.

Sentamu proves a big hit in Yorkshire

staff writers — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:10:28 +0000

Yorkshire, the English county famous for cricket, the War of the Roses and a Monty Python sketch where a group of men compete for the worst story about childhood deprivation, has taken Britain's first black archbishop to heart - voting him Man of the Year.

Wedgwood vases remind parliament of Britain's slave trading past

staff writers — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:21:43 +0000

Anglican Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has presented two vases to both Houses of Parliament, marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

Hang your archbishop on a tree, Christmas revellers urged

staff writers — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:18:58 +0000

With shoppers about to be deluged by a flood of pre-Christmas consumer messages, an unusual tree decoration is being promoted by an ornament company in York - a bauble featuring the face of their local Anglican Archbishop.

Archbishop Sentamu uses Caribbean visit to build bridges

staff writers — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:36:11 +0000

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has been welcomed in the Caribbean as representing "a new sense of communion to Anglicanism" in its diversity. In Barbados he has spoken of economic sharing as a key characteristic of Christian life.

Sentamu urges MPs to slow down over the summer

staff writers — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:58:51 +0000

Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has announced that he is to send every MP in the country some summer reflection material: The 100-Minute Bible and a guide to slowing down written by the Anglican Bishop of Reading.