Posts Tagged ‘archbishop’

Archbishop in meeting with Mugabe

Monday, October 10th, 2011

The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Lambeth Palace says, ending doubts it would take place.

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Sentamu warning on health reforms

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

The Archbishop of York warns of the dangers of introducing a more commercial culture into the National Health Service.

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Sentamu warning on health reforms

ANC rejects Tutu’s apartheid tag

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

South Africa’s ruling ANC rejects Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s assertion the party is “worse than the apartheid government” over the Dalai Lama visa issue.

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ANC rejects Tutu’s apartheid tag

Dalai Lama Cancels South Africa Visit

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The Dalai Lama had plans to attend an 80th birthday celebration for South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu but did not receive a visa to travel.

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Dalai Lama Cancels South Africa Visit

Why the Democrats learned to love same-sex marriage

Friday, September 9th, 2011

When Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) announced this summer that he will sponsor a same-sex marriage bill in next year’s legislative session, he heard from Edwin F. O’Brien, the archbishop of Baltimore, who pleaded with the governor to change his mind. “Maryland is not New York,” O’Brien wrote . He urged O’Malley not to allow his position on “the definition of marriage to be determined by mere political expediency.” O’Brien is correct: Maryland is not New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) was widely hailed for shepherding a bill legalizing same-sex marriage through his state’s divided legislature in June. Read full article > >

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Archbishop seeks Mugabe meeting

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

The Archbishop of Canterbury requests a meeting with President Robert Mugabe amid reports of violence against Anglicans in Zimbabwe.

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Primate civil partnership warning

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Alan Harper says that the issue of clergy entering civil partnerships with same-sex partners could be a source of major division in the church.

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Primate civil partnership warning

Mid-East Christians ‘in danger’

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Archbishop of Canterbury warns there are extreme forces at work that have turned the Arab Spring into a “very anxious time” for Christians.

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Mid-East Christians ‘in danger’

Protesters Greet Parishioners on Ash Wednesday in Philadelphia

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

At services for the beginning of Lent, the archbishop of Philadelphia was expected to address the suspension of 21 priests facing accusations of sexual abuse.

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Baptism service to be made more ‘accessible’

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

The Church of England is to draw up more easily understood language for baptisms after even the Archbishop of Canterbury admitted to a sense of “eyes glazing over” during services.

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Baptism service to be made more ‘accessible’

Celebrities voice forest concerns

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

A number of public figures, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Annie Lennox, urge the government not to sell off England’s forests.

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Royal wedding day plans revealed

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

The Archbishop of Canterbury is to marry Prince William and Kate Middleton at their forthcoming wedding, St James Palace discloses.

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Royal wedding day plans revealed

New Details on Royal Wedding

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Londoners can start staking their spots on the sidewalk along the wedding route: Clarence House has released new details on Prince William and Kate Middleton’s April 29 wedding. At 11 a.m., the Archbishop of

Archbishop hails King James Bible

Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the 400-year-old King James Bible can help give meaning to modern lives, in his New Year address for the BBC.

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Archbishop hails King James Bible

Archbishop urged in student demo

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Students occupying a University of Kent building to protest at education cuts and rises in tuition fees write to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Archbishop urged in student demo