2008

May 2008

13 May 2008
Archbishop meets delegation from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams received a delegation from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) at Lambeth Palace, and was presented with a facsimile copy of the Peresopnytsia Gospels.

06 May 2008
Archbishop - 'friendly meeting' with Pope Benedict
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has described his private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI yesterday in the Vatican as 'friendly and informal'. They spent almost half an hour in the Pope's study discussing matters of common interest.

April 2008

16 April 2008
Archbishop - 'more dramatic and more costly' change for Christians in the Middle East
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, hosted and addressed a conference at Lambeth Palace for the charity BibleLands examining the challenges facing Christian communities in the Middle East.

March 2008

14 March 2008
Archbishop's tribute to Chiara Lubich
The Archbishop of Canterbury paid tribute Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, whose death was announced today.

13 March 2008
Archbishop's shock and sorrow at murder of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho

01 March 2008
Archbishop Calls for Release of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahno
The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke of his concern for the prompt release of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, who was kidnapped after a church service on Friday.

January 2008

30 January 2008
Archbishop's tribute to His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece
The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid tribute to His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos, the Archbishop of Athens, following his death on Monday. In a letter to the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, the Archbishop said:

18 January 2008
A Hundred Years on from the Establishing of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, How Much Further Forward are We?
Article from The Tablet