Category - Dr Rowan Williams

Archbishop and Pope talk about Christian-Muslim relations

agency reporter — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:36:10 +0100

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has described his private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican earlier this week as "friendly and informal". They talked for an hour, especially about Christian-Muslim relations.

C of E Archbishops make joint plea on Zimbabwe

agency reporter — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:43:06 +0100

The Anglican Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued a joint statement in support of the strong voice of fellow Christians in Zimbabwe, as the country's post-election crisis appears to be worsening.

Williams' New Year message warns of a throwaway society

staff writers — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:03:49 +0000

In a message that will be shown on BBC2 at 20.30 GMT this evening and again on BBC1 at noon on New Year's Day, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams warms Britain that a throwaway society risks creating throwaway people.

Faith schools should be community oriented, agrees archbishop

staff writers — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:13:53 +0100

Publicly-funded schools sponsored by the church do not set out to indoctrinate pupils or promote a particular philosophy, says the Archbishop of Canterbury. But critics say they can still discriminate and inhibit social mixing.

Rebuilt Medieval church highlights the history and culture of Wales

staff writers — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:40:40 +0100

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has opened a 13th century church in Wales which was dismantled and rebuilt stone-by-stone over 20 years 50 miles away at the National History Museum, St Fagansa, in Cardiff.

Anglican Primates urged to opt for confidence-building rather than confrontation

staff writers — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:03:10 +0000

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.

Memory of slave trade puts Anglican rows in perspective

staff writers — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

A slave market whipping post once stood where the high altar now rises inside Zanzibar's 127-year-old Christ Church Cathedral. Here the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, began the Eucharist on 18 February 2007 with prayers asking "forgiveness for the past, mercy for the present, and humility for the future" - writes Bob Williams for Episcopal News Service USA.

Welcome for Williams but interrogation for gay Christian in Tanzania

staff writers — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:07:42 +0000

A warm East African welcome met Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams when he arrived in Tanzania yesterday (13 February 2007) for a crucial Anglican Primates' meeting ‚Ä' but a gay Christian leader from Nigeria had a different experience, being interrogated for several hours before being given a visa.

Archbishop of Canterbury backs restorative alternatives to failing prisons

staff writers — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:45:57 +0000

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has criticized society's over-reliance on prisons ‚Ä' and is calling for a commission of enquiry into the penal justice system in the UK, which he says is failing both offenders and victims because it is not restorative.

God's love in Jesus is revolutionary, says Archbishop of Canterbury

staff writers — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:49:45 +0000

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, says that the care he saw being given to a baby from an economically deprived family in Bethlehem during his pilgrimage there was a shining reminder of the Christmas message ‚Ä' that God's revolutionary love comes to us as a gift, in the face of all life's trials and joys.