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"God and Money" - Archbishop Welby endorses new videos

Jesus sees people as of infinite value whatever their debt or credit position, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in the first of four new ten-minute videos that have been produced as part of his To Your Credit initiative to create a fairer financial system. The Archbishop says that sovereignty of money over every aspect of life must be challenged.

15 April 2016

C of E challenges BP chief's 14 million pound pay deal

The Church of England’s investment bodies joined a mass revolt against a proposed pay deal of some £14 million for BP chief executive Bob Dudley today. The rebellion against the company’s remunerations’ committee report saw the pay deal rejected in a non-binding vote of some 60 per cent of shareholders.

14 April 2016

Best of three as Anglicans and Catholics meet again at the stumps

The Vatican Cricket Team, the St Peter’s XI, will again lock horns with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s XI later this year in Canterbury in the third of what has become an annual cricket match between the two sides. They will then be joined by a Muslim XI for a triangular T20 match at Edgbaston.

14 April 2016

Support for Archbishop Justin Welby after newspaper DNA revelations

There has been an outpouring of support for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, after revelations in the British Daily Telegraph newspaper that his genetic father was, in fact, Sir Winston Churchill’s private secretary, the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne; rather than his mother’s late husband, Gavin Welby.

09 April 2016

Archbishop criticises minimum wage re-brand

An increase of 50 pence per hour in the national minimum wage that employers in the UK must pay their workers has been welcomed by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. But while welcoming the increase, Dr Sentamu has criticised the British finance minister, George Osborne, for branding the increase as a new Living Wage.

04 April 2016

First ceremony for Archbishop of Canterbury's new awards

The first recipients of a new set of non-academic awards for outstanding service to the church were recognised in a ceremony at Lambeth Palace yesterday. Archbishop Justin Welby gave out the new awards, which recognise outstanding service in different fields, including those of Archbishop Justin’s ministry priorities.

01 April 2016

Lambeth's young monastic community hailed a major success

Forming a monastic community of young adults at Lambeth Palace to embrace a yearlong commitment to prayer, study and service may have been an audacious experiment, but members of its first class say the initiative has been a major triumph and an extraordinary life-changing experience.

29 March 2016

A World Transformed, A Life of Hope: Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter Sermon

The sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at the Easter Eucharist in Canterbury Cathedral, England, on Easter Sunday - 27 March 2016.

29 March 2016

"It's not about numbers but human beings" - Anglicans serve refugees in Cyprus

The Revd Christine Goldsmith makes regular visits to Kofinou Refugee Camp located in the Cypriot countryside 20 minutes by car from the port city of Larnaca. The curate at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Limassol, further to the west on Cyprus’s southern coast says she goes to show that someone cares and is willing to listen, and to help where she is able.

25 March 2016

Good Friday Thought for the Day by Archbishop Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury gave the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Good Friday, the day on which Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross.

25 March 2016