Lambeth participants invited to take a walk on the gay side

Participants in the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops and those travelling from further afield will have the opportunity to see how life looks from the perspective of the gay people many of them wish to exclude, as a leading theatre performer offers to take them...

Sentamu defends Williams and urges action on knife crime

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has defended Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams from attacks by Anglican hardliners and has urged the Church of England to reach out to young people involved in knife crime. Speaking over the weekend at the Church’s...

Top judge carefully re-opens debate about Sharia in Britain

Echoing remarks made early this year by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers has said that there is no conflict between Sharia principles for conflict resolution and common law in England and Wales. In a...

Rowan Williams to attend funeral of UK religion journalist

Two senior Anglican archbishops are to be present at the funeral service at Llandaff Cathedral in Wales for the UK religious affairs writer and broadcaster Christopher Morgan – writes Trevor Grundy. The celebrant at Morgan’s funeral on June is to be...