Rowan Williams

Benedict Woos Artists, Urging 'Quest for Beauty'

VATICAN CITY -- In 1512, Raphael finished his ruminative portrait of Pope Julius II, who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In 1999, the Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan produced "The...

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Williams faces pope over Vatican call for converts

Archbishop protests at Catholic church's shock invitation to Anglicans during visit to Rome The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, took the highly unusual step yesterday of protesting personally to the pope about his...

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Brown and Cameron apologise for Poppy Day stunts: Abbey's fury at BOTH leaders over Remembrance...

Gordon Brown and David Cameron have been forced to make grovelling apologies after they were accused of exploiting a Remembrance Day service attended by the Queen, turning it into a media 'turkey shoot' to win votes. Mr Brown...

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Joan Smith: Modernity – an end to male-run faiths and 'honour' crimes

When demonstrators gathered in London yesterday to protest against sharia, the Archbishop of Canterbury was otherwise engaged with the Pope. It's almost two years since Rowan Williams caused an outcry when he suggested that...

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Homophobia in Africa: The Real Truth Please

Homophobia in Africa: The Real Truth Please News Analysis By David W. Virtue www.virtueonline.org November 21, 2009 The headlines screamed loudly enough: "A Groundbreaking PRA Investigation Exposes Influence of U.S. Religious...

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Spirituality advisers meet for first time in 10 years

Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:49 (GMT) A national gathering of Church of England spirituality advisers met at Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, last week to explore spirituality as mission. Organised by the Association...

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Interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday morning met privately with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. During the talks, the two men elaborated on the challenges face by all Christian communities at the beginning of this...

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Church leaders meet over tensions

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is in Rome to meet Pope Benedict aiming to ease the growing tensions between them. It follows the Vatican's controversial approach to Church of England clergy paving the way for those...

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Leading article: Heavy hand of Rome

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has travelled to Rome to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Dutch Cardinal Johannes Willebrands, a campaigner for the unification of Christianity. But when...

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A show of unity at too high a price | Savitri Hensman

The Anglican church should no longer put the virtue of uniformity above the need to challenge prejudice and suffering "United we stand, divided we fall" is a common saying. Likewise there is a Japanese proverb "A single arrow...

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