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Faith leaders call for urgent climate change action at Commonwealth heads of government meeting

Former Archbishop Rowan Williams and other faith leaders urge Commonwealth heads to turn “words into action” on climate change.

18 April 2018

The Revd Canon Joanna Udal honoured for services to the Anglican Communion

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s former Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs has been honoured for Services to the Communion.

07 February 2018

Former Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, Canon Colin Craston, has died

Canon Colin Craston, a Second World War naval hero who went on to become one of England’s leading evangelical priests, has died.

26 January 2018

Former Archbishop of Canterbury invites faith leaders to join 16-Days of Activism

Rowan Williams gives his backing to the 16-Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence in a video message for Christian Aid.

27 November 2017

Anglican resources to strengthen the Bible in the life of the Church

A new collection of resources to strengthen and support the use of the Bible in the life of the Church has been published by the Anglican Communion.

29 September 2016

Faith leaders unite in call for UK action on refugees

Anglicans have joined other faith leaders to call on the British government “urgently to revise its policy towards refugees.”

12 September 2016

Welsh hymns given modern make-over

A Welsh vicar has produced a new hymn book to preserve the treasure of traditional Welsh hymns by giving their words a modern twist.

17 August 2016

Former Archbishop turns tables on William Shakespeare

A play written by the former Archbishop of Canterbury and Wales, Rowan Williams, about the “lost years” of celebrated English playwright Williams Shakespeare has opened in a theatre in Wales.

28 July 2016

Churches respond to on-going violence in South Sudan

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has lamented the latest escalation of violence in Juba, South Sudan.

20 July 2016

Anglicans mark World Refugee Day

The number of people displaced from their homes by war and persecution hit a record-breaking 65.3 million people by the end of 2015, the UN said today in a report released to mark World Refugee Day.

20 June 2016