News Archive 2014

  1. ABC at Lambeth Palace

    Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes government boost to get kids saving

    31/12/2014

    Archbishop Justin Welby welcomes government funding for primary schools savings clubs pilot programme.

  2. ABC at Lambeth Palace

    Archbishop Justin's ecumenical Christmas greeting

    23/12/2014

    The Archbishop of Canterbury has sent a Christmas message to ecumenical partners and heads of churches around the world.

  3. Archbishop Justin with Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young.

    Archbishop Justin on Desert Island Discs

    21/12/2014

    Archbishop Justin is the Christmas week castaway on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs with interviewer Kirsty Young. 

  4. Lambeth Palace exterior

    Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes first female bishop

    17/12/2014

    Archbishop Justin welcomes the announcement of the Revd Libby Lane as the new Bishop of Stockport.

  5. Archbishop Justin Welby singing with children at a church-run centre for children affected by Ebola.

    Archbishop of Canterbury meets children affected by Ebola in Sierra Leone

    17/12/2014

    Archbishop Justin Welby meets and prays with communities dealing with Ebola during visit to Freetown and Tintafor.

  6. Archbishop Justin praying with pupils before blessing their new prayer area

    Archbishop opens new prayer space at C of E primary school

    15/12/2014

    Archbishop of Canterbury blesses new prayer area at St Stephen’s C of E Primary School in south London. 

  7. ABC Lords

    Archbishop's House of Lords soft power debate - opening speech

    05/12/2014

    The Archbishop of Canterbury's opening speech in the House of Lords debate he is leading today on the role of soft power and non-military options in preventing conflict.

  8. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, with Pope Francis and other world Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders in Rome

    Archbishop of Canterbury joins world faith leaders in pledge to end slavery

    02/12/2014

    Archbishop Justin Welby hails “profoundly significant” declaration by faith leaders to end modern slavery by 2020.

  9. ABC Mediation

    Archbishop joins UK faith leaders in condemning Jerusalem synagogue attack

    21/11/2014

    In a joint letter published in The Times today, Archbishop Justin Welby, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra have condemned the murders carried out in a Jerusalem synagogue this week as "the absolute antithesis of faith". 

  10. Archbishop Justin speaking in central London

    Evangelism is central to being people of God, says Archbishop Justin

    21/11/2014

    Don't wait to share Jesus with others, the Archbishop of Canterbury tells Church Army annual meeting.