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  • 16 Jan 2008
    Archbishop of Canterbury condemns intimidation in Zimbabwe

    Lambeth Palace, HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has issued a strongly worded statement in response to media reports that a number of Anglican church services in Harare have been disrupted by Zimbabwean state officials.

  • 12 Jan 2008
    Williams recognises Liverpool's city of culture achievement

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will honour Liverpool's achievement in taking on the mantle of European City of Culture by making a two-day pastoral visit to the Diocese and people of the area later in January.

  • 2 Jan 2008
    The archbishop of YouTube

    Rowan Williams' "God doesn't do waste" New Year's message is only one of a whole host of YouTube offerings bearing his imprint.

  • 30 Dec 2007
    Don't confuse Jesus with super heros, says Methodist president

    The Christmas message is that God in Jesus commits to transforming human ordinariness, not to fantasies about a super-hero figure or military conquerer, the President of the Methodist Conference has said in his seasonal message.

  • 29 Dec 2007
    Hope not despair is our Christmas calling, says archbishop

    In spite of its many weals and woes, life has meaning and purpose expressed through our experience of love and creativity. That is the message of Christmas to humanity, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams says.

  • 13 Dec 2007
    Humans are not just cogs in a vast machine

    In the world of efficiency savings, productivity and league tables, humans are often treated as tools in a vast machine-like system, says Giles Fraser. We all too easily cede our humanity to the impersonal workings of the day-to-day routine.

  • 13 Dec 2007
    Has Rowan Williams misunderstood Richard Dawkins?

    While Rowan Williams rightly criticises Richard Dawkins for unfeasibly reducing religion to a pre-scientific explanatory system now superseded by science, says Ricahrd Skinner, he seems to have misunderstood Dawkins on evolution and survival strategies.

  • 10 Dec 2007
    Churches give strong backing to global warming action

    Christians from many denominations joined protest rallies in more than 50 cities around the world this weekend, calling on world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to effectively tackle the threat of global warming.

  • 30 Nov 2007
    Archbishop of Canterbury meets with Anglican LGBT clergy

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has attended a confidential meeting of the Clergy Consultation - an ongoing support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex clergy and their partners.

  • 30 Nov 2007
    British Muslims join protests at Sudan 'teddy' conviction

    As schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons' lawyers prepare an appeal against a 15-day jail sentence imposed in Sudan over the naming of a teddy bear, Muslims in Britain have joined in condemning the decision and calling for clemency.