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Archbishop celebrates 350th Anniversary of the Royal Society 09/06/10 The Archbishop of Canterbury preached at a special evensong service at St Paul's Cathedral in celebration of the Royal Society's 350th anniversary. Video © St Paul's Cathedral | The Archbishop on Building Bridges Christian-Muslim Seminar 2010 25-27/05/10 Georgetown University President John DeGioia sits down with the Archbishop of Canterbury to discuss the 2010 Building Bridges seminar. © Georgetown University |
The Bible in the Life of the Church Project 04/06/10 The Archbishop is delighted to announce the Bible in the Life of the Church project - a project which aims to discover how Anglicans worldwide read their Bible and provides tailored tools to help them do so in a deeper and more objective way. He says the project "will enable us - as is appropriate for something guided by the Holy Spirit -- to listen to one another and speak to one another with greater love and greater intelligence and greater energy for mission". | Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library Exhibition 17/05/10 Lambeth Palace Library is one of the earliest public libraries in England, founded in 1610 under the will of Archbishop Richard Bancroft. In celebration of its 400th anniversary, the Library is opening a fascinating exhibition to the public in the Great Hall of Lambeth Palace from 17 May - 23 July 2010. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Lambeth Palace Library staff welcome you to this unique event. |
World Malaria Day 2010 25/04/10 | |
Faith in the World Sixth Form Conference 04/02/10 Around 350 A-Level students and their teachers from more than 60 schools joined the Archbishop of Canterbury at a Sixth Form conference in London one February afternoon. Along with guest speakers Revd Richard Coles (priest and broadcaster) and Professor Elaine Graham (University of Chester), they were tackling the question, 'What does faith mean for society today?' It's a question that affects us all, but for these students of Religious Studies or Philosophy & Ethics A-Level, it's a question that brings their studies alive and puts them right in the centre of public life. | A questions and answers session with the students and speakers followed the speeches. |
The Archbishop's Presidential Address 09/02/10 In a wide-ranging address to the General Synod at Church House, London, the Archbishop of Canterbury discusses the nature of human freedom and the value of listening and learning from one another, in both national and international debates, as well as those occurring during Synod this week. | The Archbishop on Theology and the Global Economy 25/01/10 Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be a keynote speaker at the Trinity Institute Conference, 'Building an Ethical Economy: Theology and the Marketplace'. In a pre-conference interview, Trinity Institute director Robert Owens Scott speaks with the Archbishop about the role of the Church in shaping a new global economic reality. http://www.trinitywallstreet.org |
The Archbishop's New Year Message 2010 01/01/10 In his BBC New Year Message the Archbishop of Canterbury sets out that in this global society we now inhabit "risk and suffering are everybody's problem, the needs of our neighbours are the needs of the whole human family." | As the final version of the Anglican Communion Covenant is sent to the member Churches of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury has given the following message explaining the purpose of the Covenant and the processes surrounding its adoption. The full text of the Anglican Communion Covenant can be found at |
The Archbishop on Climate Change 29/10/09 Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, talks about the importance of tackling climate change ahead of the climate change conference in Copenhagen. | The Climate Crisis: Fashioning a Christian Response 13/10/09 In a lecture on 13 October 2009 at Southwark Cathedral, (sponsored by the Christian environmental group Operation Noah) Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, sets out a Christian vision of how people can respond to the looming environmental crisis. |
The Archbishop's Reflections on the ACC 14, Jamaica The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reflects on the 14th Anglican Consultative Council meeting held in Jamaica | |
Inspiration, Truth, and the Search for Understanding 30/06/2009 Archbishop Rowan invited a wide range of scientists, theologians, politicians, opinion formers and young people to join him at Lambeth Palace for a conversation about how science and faith can talk to one another productively. | Archbishop's Reflections on Easter 06/04/2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reflects on Easter as a "journey.. Easter is lots of stories rolled into one and it can make real demands on us." |
Archbishop's Reflections on Lent 25/02/2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reflects on Lent as a time to: "Sweep and clean the room of our own minds and hearts so that the new life really may have room to come in and take over and transform us at Easter". | Message for Holocaust Memorial Day 27/01/2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks and Rabbi Dr Tony Bayfield, Head of the Movement for Reform Judaism unite to reflect on their recent visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau and give their message for Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2009 |
Archbishop's New Year Message - The Wealth that is our Fellow Human Beings 01/01/2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has recorded his 2009 New Year Message to be shown on BBC1 and BBC2 on New Year's Day. In the message, Dr Williams urges us to appreciate the wealth of fellow human beings during this time of financial crisis. | Reflections on Auschwitz 13/11/2008 The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and the Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks invited representatives from all the religious communities to join the Holocaust Educational Trusts Lessons from Auschwitz Project on their one-day visit to the former Nazi camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, on 13 November 2008. |
A Message for World AIDS Day 01/12/08 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has recorded a video message to mark the 20th annual World AIDS day on December 1st 2008. | Archbishop's Reflections on Advent 29/11/08 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives his reflections on Advent: 'It is a time of expectation and a time of hope. A time, therefore, also of quiet'. |
Christian Muslim Forum - Pt 1 09/10/08 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is the Founding Patron of the Christian Muslim Forum, chaired its Annual General Meeting at Lambeth Palace on 9th October 2008. | Christian Muslim Forum - Pt 2 09/10/08 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is the Founding Patron of the Christian Muslim Forum, chaired its Annual General Meeting at Lambeth Palace on 9th October 2008. |
Archbishop's Message for Millennium Development Goals 25/09/08 | Keep the Promise - Millennium Development Goals 24/07/08 The Archbishop's speech, given after the Walk of Witness at Lambeth Palace, prior to an address by the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and participants of the Building Bridges Seminar give their thoughts on the event chaired by the Archbishop. The Building Bridges Seminar is a unique annual series which brings together a range of internationally recognised Christian and Muslim scholars for an intensive study of relevant Biblical and Qur'anic texts. Lord Carey convened the first Building Bridges seminar in 2002. | The Archbishop's Reflections on 2008 Visit To Rome The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was in Rome between 5 and 9 May. During the trip he chaired the annual Building Bridges seminar, where Christians and Muslims spend time together discussing scriptural texts. The Archbishop also installed David Richardson, Director of the Anglican Centre, as his representative in Rome, and held meetings with Pope Benedict XVI and key Vatican officials. |
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives his blessing for David Richardson, the new director for the Anglican Centre in Rome. The service was held in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva on 07/05/08. | Archbishop's Reflections on Pentecost The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives his thoughts on Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, is 'the moment when the friends of Jesus discover that they can communicate to all sorts of people they never thought that they would be speaking to'. |
Archbishop's Reflections on Holy Week The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, gives his thoughts on Holy Week, which took place between 16th and 23rd March (2008). Holy Week is 'a week when we discover in a way we don't at any other time just we are and just who God is'. | Pray for Zimbabwe 25/04/08 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 |