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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today given a greeting to Archbishop Vincent Nichols at his Installation Mass as the new Archbishop of Westminster.

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A sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury at a Eucharist held at Canterbury Cathedral, on Thursday 23^rd April,  attended by the Abbot and Mother Prioress of the Abbey of Notre Dame du Bec, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, 1109—2009.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury will today use his Ebor Lecture in York Minster to spell out why respect for the environment is not an optional extra, particularly for Christians. Getting our relationship with the rest of the created order into proper perspective is both a responsibility and a necessity. Failure could have disastrous consequences especially for some of the poorest and most vulnerable. “There is no way of manipulating our environment that is without cost or consequence … we are inextricably bound up with the destiny of our world.”

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is delighted to appoint the Revd Rachel Carnegie to serve as Secretary for International Development, based at Lambeth Palace.

The Revd Rachel Carnegie has worked in international development since 1985. Her main focus has been on the health and development of children and young people and on responses to HIV, working with both secular and faith-based organisations. She has worked extensively in Asia and Africa, with organisations including UNICEF, Save the Children, the Child-to-Child Trust, and, most recently, Tearfund. Her role at Tearfund has been to support church responses to HIV, developing the role of the local church as well as promoting the global church’s voice in advocacy. This has also involved collaborating with a range of Anglican partners at provincial and diocesan levels.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is pleased to appoint the Revd Canon Joanna Udal to serve as the Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs, based at Lambeth Palace.

She said: "It's an exciting time to be involved as we try to build on the positive encounters of the Lambeth Conference and to rebuild mutual trust and recognition. We're challenged to keep uppermost that God's mission is for the world, as together we seek to be conformed to Christ in our identity and in our common life."

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Impressions from the Lambeth Conference; Archbishops' appeal for Zimbabwe and women in the episcopate. General Synod, London

The experiences of last summer's Lambeth Conference and last week's Primates' Meeting have left me with one or two strong impressions which seem worth sharing with Synod as it prepares for further discussion of some sensitive matters this week.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has awarded the Cross of St Augustine to Monsignor Donald Bolen for his service to Anglican - Roman Catholic relations.

In a private audience at Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop paid warm tribute to the theological acumen and spiritual discernment that Monsignor Bolen had put unreservedly at the service of Anglican – Roman Catholic relations during his seven-year assignment to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will visit North Africa from Wednesday 28th January until Friday 6th February 2009

On Wednesday 28th January the Archbishop will arrive in Libya, where he will meet with local Christian and Muslim leaders and Government officials. The following day he will visit a primary school and a church-run community project in Tripoli, as well as viewing the historical site of Sabratha.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, met last week with an invited group of relief and development practitioners and professionals at Lambeth Palace.

The consultation followed on from recommendations made by bishops at the Lambeth Conference for a more collaborative approach to existing relief, development and advocacy activities in the Anglican Communion.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams will pay a pastoral visit to the Diocese of Ely as it launches its 900th anniversary celebrations this weekend, 23–25 January.

During his visit, Dr Williams will meet with all the clergy of the Diocese, and visit communities reflecting its diversity, before taking part in the inaugural Eucharist of the 900th anniversary celebrations at Ely Cathedral on Saturday 24th January. The visit will end on Sunday at Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, where he will preach the Hulsean Sermon before the Vice-Chancellor and University.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury today announced the shortlist for the 2009 Michael Ramsey Prize (MRP). The prize will be awarded at Guardian Hay festival in May.

“I am delighted both with the quality and variety of the shortlisted work and at the prospect of joining with an extremely distinguished panel to judge and then award the Prize this year at the Hay Festival.   What better way to make sure that the best of contemporary theological writing gets into the mainstream of critical thinking and reflection – exactly where it should be found.”

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has expressed his sadness on being informed of the death of Patriarch Aleksii II of Moscow.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Commissioner Betty Matear of the Salvation Army and Bishop Nathan Hovhanissian of the Armenian Church, have released a statement in response to the humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for International Development.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has awarded the Cross of St Augustine to members of the 2008 Lambeth Conference Design Group at a ceremony at Lambeth Palace.

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Archbishop's Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs

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The Archbishop of Canterbury today sent his annual message to Hindu communities for the festival of Diwali. In his message he expresses his hope for ’reconciliation where there has been division and hurt’, for ‘peace and the rejection of all resort to violence’ and the appreciation and enjoyment of each other’s festivals ‘as a common sign to the world of our commitment to mutual goodwill and faith in each other.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today awarded the Cross of St Augustine to thirteen recipients at a ceremony in the Chapel at Lambeth Palace.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent his greetings to Muslim communities for the festival of Eid ul Fitr, marking the end of Ramadhan. The Archbishop’s greeting celebrates the many positive examples of Christian Muslim encounter and engagement with the wider common good in the past year. He looks forward in the year ahead to further opportunities for ”opening doors into a renewed future which is the constant task for all people of faith".

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