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King Charles joins Royal Family, diplomats and school children to celebrate the Commonwealth

London’s Westminster Abbey hosted His Majesty King Charles III and senior members of the Royal Family for a Commonwealth Day Service.

14 March 2023

Queen Elizabeth attends Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London

Queen Elizabeth II and senior members of Britain’s royal family attended a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey yesterday.

12 March 2019

Archbishop of Canterbury convenes high-level Commonwealth freedom of religion discussion

Parliamentarians and religious leaders from 11 countries gathered at Lambeth Palace for two-days of discussions on religious freedom.

19 April 2018

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

Archbishop of Canterbury urges Commonwealth to put words into action

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in a sermon on Sunday.

16 April 2018

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari meets Archbishop of Canterbury in London

The President of Nigeria held a meeting today with Archbishop of Canterbury and the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion.

11 April 2018

Anglican Communion to play active role in next week’s Commonwealth leaders’ meeting

Preparations are almost complete for the biennial meeting of leaders from 53 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations in London.

10 April 2018

Lambeth Palace gathering to strengthen religious liberty as Commonwealth leaders meet

Parliamentarians and religious leaders from around the Commonwealth will meet to discuss ways to strengthen religious liberty.

23 March 2018

Archbishop Justin Welby urges Commonwealth leaders to have “the courage to dream big”

Abp Justin Welby has spoken of his hopes that Commonwealth heads of government will have “the courage to dream big” at next month for their biennial meeting.

19 March 2018

Anglican Churches bring “unheard voices of women” to inter-governmental meeting

Heads of Government from the 53 members of the Commonwealth will benefit from the wisdom of “unheard voices of women”.

15 March 2018