The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, is to sign an historic agreement with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar al-Sharif, Dr Mohamed Sayed Tantawy, putting into place arrangements for a programme of dialogue between Anglicans and Sunni Muslims. The signing will take place during a ceremony at Lambeth Palace on January 30th.
18 January 2002
The Most Revd and Rt Hon George L Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury, has announced his plans to retire at the end of October 2002.
08 January 2002
Dr George Carey is to retire as Archbishop of Canterbury later this year.
08 January 2002
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has spoken of the forces which shape peoples' lives his New Year Message broadcast this evening on BBC 2.
02 January 2002
Many years ago our family enjoyed a post Christmas break in Northumberland. Late one afternoon we decided to go for a walk up Yeavering Bell paying scant attention, I regret to say, to the lateness of the hour. We realised after about an hour's vigorous walking in the rough moorland that we would not get back before dusk - and alarmingly, we had no torches with us to help us see the way.
25 December 2001
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has spoken of the urgent need for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. In a pastoral letter to Christians in the Holy Land issued today, Dr Carey contrasts the message of Christmas with the current situation in Bethlehem.
22 December 2001
The Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations (IASCER) met in Cape Town, South Africa, from 1 to 7 December. The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell served as co-ordinating chairman in the unavoidable absence of both the chairman and vice-chairman of the Commission.
17 December 2001
Jerusalem 2000, the Archbishop of Canterbury's appeal for the work of the Church in the Holy Land, has today launched a web site to support its latest initiative.
17 December 2001
En estos días nos han preguntado: "¿Qué estabais haciendo cuando las torres gemelas del World Trade Centre se estrellaron contra el suelo?"
06 December 2001
In days to come we shall all be asked: 'What were you doing when the twin towers of the World Trade Centre crashed to the ground?' In my case I was sitting in my study talking to John Peterson, Secretary General of the Communion, when Eileen walked in and said with a stunned air: 'A plane has just crashed into the World Trade Centre!'
06 December 2001