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Gallery of videos of the Archbishop on current issues
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, after giving joint interviews with the Archbishop of York, reflects on the issues surrounding Zimbabwe. | |
Reflections on Lambeth Conference 2008 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives his thoughts on the forthcoming Conference in July '08. The decennial event 'has been a place where Bishops come to pray together, to read the Bible together and quite simply to help one another to be Bishops'. | Reflections on 2006 visit to Rome Archbishop Rowan Williams reflects on his 2006 visit to the Vatican to mark the 40th anniversary of the meeting between Pope Paul 6th and Archbishop Michael Ramsey in the Sistine Chapel. The visit included a formal Audience with Pope Benedict and a visit to the tomb of St Peter. |
Presidential Address to the Opening of General Synod Part 1 11/02/08 The Archbishop addresses the General Synod for the first time since the controversy surrounding his lecture on Law and religion. In this first extract he defends what he actually said and his right to raise the issues; and comments on the extensive range of the reporting of his words. | Presidential Address to the Opening of General Synod Part 2 11/02/08 Dr Williams briefs the Synod on his hopes for the 2008 Lambeth Conference: 'The challenge has been to devise a structure for our time together that manages both to address the major issues and to refresh and inspire those who will attend.' |
Presidential Address to the Opening of General Synod Part 3 11/02/08 Dr Williams pays tribute to the new Bishop of Harare, Bishop Sebastian Bakare, and the struggles of the Anglican Church, in the face of internal and external difficulty during the country's ongoing crisis; a crisis he describes as 'a regime ... fallen victim to its own incompetence, corruption and self-delusion.' | The Archbishop warns of the dangers of gambling in a debate in the Church of England's General Synod. Rejecting the notion that casinos contribute to redevelopment in deprived areas, he said that the gambling industry should be made to cover the costs of the damage it causes in society |
Lambeth Q+A Session Part 1 21/01/08 Questions to the panel, including Dr Rowan Williams, on the launch of the programme for the Lambeth Conference 2008. Subjects include voting and resolutions, GAFCON, sexuality, bishops' spouses and story-telling. Part one of two | Lambeth Q+A Session Part 2 21/01/08 Questions to the panel, including Dr Rowan Williams, on the launch of the programme for the Lambeth Conference 2008. Subjects include Bishop Gene Robinson, attendance and invitations, Anglican nature and covenant, practical development and carbon footprint and offsetting. Part two of two |
Archbishop Launches Lambeth Conference 2008 Programme 21/01/08 The conference, under the title 'Equipping Bishops for God's Mission' is intended to bring together around 700 bishops from Anglican churches across the world. The Bishops' spouses will meet in a separate conference being run parallel to the main conference | In his annual televised New Year Message the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams reflects on how a 'disposable' attitude to living can affect other areas of life and that 'God does not do waste'. Filmed in Canterbury Cathedral and at a nearby recycling centre |
The Feast of St Nicholas 08/12/07 Dr Rowan Williams reflects on the city's celebrations for the Feast of St Nicholas in the run up to Christmas - the procession through the city streets leading to the service in the Cathedral. With Canon Jim Rosenthal of the St Nicholas Society | Climate Change is Moral Issue - Archbishop's Message to Bali 11/12/07 London and Bali: Archbishop Rowan Williams sets out the moral basis for the need for serious measures to address climate change. Failing to do so robs the poorest, the most vulnerable and generations to come of a stable and viable future and challenges governments to act. The video was aired at a gathering of church and faith leaders involved in the United Nations Climate Change Conference |
Christian Muslim Dialogue in Singapore 04/12/07 Dr Rowan Williams greets participants in the 6th Building Bridges dialogue. 30 Christian and Muslim scholars gather to study their sacred texts together | Archbishop's Message for World Aids Day 01/12/07 Dr Rowan Williams' message for World Aids Day calls on the churches to be 'creative, imaginative and honest' in the face of HIV and Aids. The film features the work of Tearfund in Africa and elsewhere |
Archbishop - 'Children Not Expendable' 15/10/07 London: in a challenging and hard-hitting keynote address to a conference organised by the charity Kids Company, Dr Rowan Williams says that society must speak up for the most vulnerable and deprived of its children | Archbishop Rowan Williams on the Walk of Witness Slave Trade March 06/03/07 London: the Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on the Church of England's Walk of Witness; a march commemorating the 200th anniversary of the UK Parliament's abolition of the slave trade |
Archbishop Consecrates New Cathedral in Southern Sudan 06/03/06 Southern Sudan: the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, consecrates a new Anglican cathedral in Renk, Southern Sudan | Archbishop's Visit to Church Aid Project in Sudan 06/03/06 the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, visits an aid project run by the Episcopal Church of Sudan. A year after the peace was signed, refugees wanting to return to their homelands which were devastated by civil war in Southern Sudan still don't have the food in place that would let them survive. The World Food Programme supplies are distributed by the local Anglican Church - in so many areas the only local organisation surviving - so that communities have a chance of re-establishing themselves |
Archbishop Visits Refugee Camp near Khartoum 06/03/06 Sudan: the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, visits a refugee displacement camp at al-Gariya, near Khartoum. Twelve months after a peace is signed, the people of Southern Sudan are still not able to return to their homelands after the civil war, and live in camps far from home | Archbishops' Reflections on the Slave Pits in Zanzibar 06/03/06 Zanzibar: in an award-winning short film, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York reflect on a visit to the Anglican Cathedral in Zanzibar; built on the site of the port's slave market. Slave pits have been preserved intact, including the chains used. On Saturday March 24th both Archbishops took part in a Walk of Witness in London, marking 200 years since the UK's abolition of the slave trade. This film was shown at the rally concluding the march. It shared the 2007 IPTV Jerusalem Trust Award for internet provided media content |