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- Dr Williams to Visit Egypt
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2004 news archive
December 2004
28 December 2004
Archbishop's Message of Sympathy and Support
To the people of Asia and parts of Africa affected by the devastation caused by Sunday's earthquake
25 December 2004
Christmas Story Challenges World to Right Injustice
The birth of Christ is a profound challenge to our self-obsession and self-comfort, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned in his Christmas sermon
10 December 2004
Lambeth Conference 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has announced that the next Lambeth Conference is to be held in Canterbury in the summer of 2008
November 2004
22 November 2004
Prince Pays Tribute to Church of England's Role in Voluntary Work
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and HRH the Prince of Wales have taken part in a seminar on 'Volunteering, charity and the participatory Society' organised at Lambeth Palace.
16 November 2004
Archbishop to Host Volunteering Seminar
10 November 2004
Statement from Lambeth Palace on the Death of HE Yasser Arafat
October 2004
29 October 2004
States Need to be Comfortable with Public Faith
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that secular states need to be more comfortable with public and outward displays of religious conviction.
14 October 2004
Archbishop Welcomes New CCJ Co-President
08 October 2004
Statement on the Death of Mr Ken Bigley
September 2004
29 September 2004
End Use of Child Soldiers
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has called for urgent and concerted international action to end the abuse of children as military combatants.
24 September 2004
Statement from Lambeth Palace on the 'Network' Stories
11 September 2004
Archbishop's Visit to Egypt
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams - speaking at one of Sunni Islam's most revered centres of learning - has urged people of faith not to use the name of God to justify violence and injustice.
09 September 2004
Dr Williams to Visit Egypt
July 2004
26 July 2004
Solomon Islanders' Choice between Bitterness and Love
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, on an eight-day visit to the Solomon Islands, has urged islanders to become a model of reconciliation for the wider world.
22 July 2004
Archbishop Praises Call for Forgiveness from Island Premier
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has described as 'an act of great courage' a plea for forgiveness made by a leading politician in the Solomon Islands, in the wake of serious ethnic violence.
21 July 2004
Archbishop Urges Church to do More for the Young
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is on an eight-day visit to the Church of the Province of Melanesia, has told a gathering of more than a thousand young people that the Anglican Church has to do more to relate to them and their concerns.
20 July 2004
Archbishop Announces New Anglican Communion Secretary General
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, in his capacity as President of the Anglican Consultative Council has announced the appointment of the Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon, Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, as the next Secretary General of the Anglican Communion to succeed Canon John L. Peterson who steps down in December 2004.
19 July 2004
Archbishop Begins Visit to Province of Melanesia
07 July 2004
Report Proposes Forum of Muslims and Christians
Co-operation between Muslims and Christians in England has reached the point where formal structures should be developed at the national level to enable the two communities to work together on issues of common interest, according to the conclusions of a listening exercise which has recently reported to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
05 July 2004
Archbishop Delivers Major Environment Lecture
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has championed far reaching new environmental initiatives in order to avert a global ecological crisis that could ultimately put "our viability as a species" at stake.
02 July 2004
Archbishop of Canterbury's Trip to Melanesia 19 July to July 27
June 2004
09 June 2004
Visit of His Holiness Karekin II to the Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will host a five-day visit from His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, from Thursday 10 June until Monday 14 June 2004.
03 June 2004
Response to Canadian General Synod
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has welcomed the decision by the Canadian General Synod to defer a decision on the question of same sex blessings until 2007.
May 2004
25 May 2004
Archbishops Announce New Missioner
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have announced the appointment of the Revd Dr Steven Croft as Archbishops' Missioner.
18 May 2004
Archbishop and the Security of Faith Communities
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today (Tuesday 18 May) hosted a seminar on issues relating to the security of faith communities. The seminar at Lambeth Palace brought together some 30 representatives from a range of faith communities, agencies and organisations in England.
March 2004
22 March 2004
Archbishop's Christian-Muslim Initiative
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to convene the third 'Building Bridges' seminar in Washington DC next month.
January 2004
31 January 2004
Archbishop Completes Middle East Tour
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has completed a six-day tour of the diocese of Jerusalem in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. During the course of the trip, made at the invitation of the Bishop in Jerusalem, the Rt Revd Riah Hanna Abu El Assal, Dr Williams visited Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
29 January 2004
Response to Middle East violence
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is on a six-day pastoral visit to the Middle East, has strongly condemned the latest upsurge in violence involving Israelis and Palestinians.
26 January 2004
New Co-Chairman for Porvoo Group
On behalf of the Anglican Primates of the British Isles, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has confirmed the appointment of Bishop Martin Wharton of Newcastle as the new Anglican Co-Chairman of the Porvoo Contact Group, succeeding Archbishop John Neill of Dublin.
21 January 2004
Archbishop to Visit Diocese of Jerusalem