2006

December 2006

01 December 2006
Statement on HIV/AIDS for World AIDS Day 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has warned of the alarming impact of the AIDS / HIV pandemic and its growing potential effect on women and young people. In a message issued to mark World AIDS Day [1st December 2006] Dr Williams also paid tribute to development work by churches in the face of the effects of the disease.

September 2006

15 September 2006
Prayer for Darfur
The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined other faith leaders in expressing renewed concern for Darfur and has published a prayer for Sunday 17th September [2006], designated as an International Day of Prayer for the region.

April 2006

18 April 2006
Sudan Shows Easter Message Not Getting Through
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has said today [Tuesday 18th April 2006] that the ongoing suffering in Darfur and in Southern Sudan show how much Christians have still to do in order to bring the reality of Easter to the world.

March 2006

05 March 2006
Transcript of Archbishop's BBC Interview with Sir David Frost in Sudan
The Archbishop visited southern Sudan, to offer support to Christian communities and to those projects relieving the suffering of the Sudanese. Whilst there he also gave the following wide - ranging interview to Sir David Frost for the BBC.

01 March 2006
Ash Wednesday Statement on Hunger in Sudan
The Archbishop issued the following statement on Ash Wednesday [1st March 2006] whilst in Sudan. "The World Food Programme and the Anglican Church worldwide deal with the needs - the primary needs - of millions of people everyday. And in this, as in so many areas, what we need is better and better resource partnership with the organisation. Here in Africa it is impossible to think of developments goals being achieved without partnership with those organisations on the ground, which are best equipped to deliver locally. So here particularly in Sudan, with the churches, we look for further development of the partnerships that we've already seen.

February 2006

27 February 2006
Contribution given at the Sudan Inter-Religious Council
The Archbishop visited southern Sudan, to offer support to Christian communities and to those projects relieving the suffering of the Sudanese, especially those displaced by conflict in the north.

27 February 2006
Sudan 'is Not Forgotten'
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has begun an 8 day visit to Sudan by telling the Christian community that they have been very much in his prayers. "Day by day we remember you in our prayers. You are not forgotten here and when I return it will be a joy to share with fellow Christians in Britain what I have seen here and what I have learnt from you."

26 February 2006
Address to worshippers in the compound of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, Khartoum
The Archbishop visited southern Sudan, to offer support to Christian communities and to those projects relieving the suffering of the Sudanese, especially those displaced by conflict in the north.

17 February 2006
Archbishop to Encourage Peace and Development in Sudan
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to visit Sudan next week and will mark the start of Lent - a season of fasting and penitence for the Church - by visiting UN World Food Programme locations on the White Nile. The Archbishop has been invited by the Primate of the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, the Most Revd Dr Joseph Marona. During the course of the visit, Dr Williams will meet with the Government of National Unity in Sudan as well as Muslim and Christian faith leaders in both Khartoum and Southern Sudan. He will spend Ash Wednesday - a day of fasting - by taking part in barge and school distribution projects in Malakal.