Archbishop of Canterbury meets with Anglican LGBT clergy

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has attended a meeting of the Clergy Consultation – a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex clergy and their partners. Dr Williams yesterday (29 November 2007) presided and preached at a...

Row over Williams’ critical views about Iraq invasion

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has found himself at the centre of an unexpected row, following cautious remarks to a Muslim magazine, after a Sunday newspaper construed it as an all-out attack on the US and the BBC gave neocon hard-liner John Bolton free...

Lord Carey backs call for an end to the blasphemy law

Replying to questions on a BBC TV programme today, Lord Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has publicly agreed with the Christian think-tank Ekklesia that it is time for Britain’s archaic blasphemy law to be abolished. Lord Carey, who is an...