Topic: Rowan Williams

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe wants the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to explain the Anglican church's stance on homosexuality and the western sanctions on him and his allies, a spokesman said on Sunday.Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, is due ...

Anglican Church head Rowan Williams on Saturday praised pioneer missionaries to Malawi for ending the slave trade, at a service to mark their arrival in the country 150 years ago."The missionaries devoted their lives to liberation and challenged the evil of slavery," ...

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - The Archbishop Bishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, wants to meet Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe during his visit to Africa and call on him to end a violent suppression of the Anglican Church and its priests in the country.Williams, who ...

Rowan Williams, the leader of the world's Anglicans, has requested to meet Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during his forthcoming visit to southeast Africa, his office said Monday.Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is making a pastoral visit to Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia from ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury will visit Zimbabwe next month to show solidarity with Anglicans facing persecution and hopes to meet with President Robert Mugabe, officials said Thursday.Archbishop Rowan Williams will arrive on October 9, according to a spokesman for Chad Gandiya, the ...

The leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, launched a rare attack on Britain's coalition government on Thursday for introducing radical reforms "for which no one voted."In the most outspoken political intervention by a Church of England figure for ...

The leader of the world's Anglicans urges people on Saturday to remember those across the globe who face persecution because of their Christian faith, in his Christmas Day sermon.Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will say Christians who are suffering because of their ...

Britain's ambassador to the Vatican feared the pope's invitation for disgruntled Anglicans to switch to Catholicism might spark anti-Catholic violence at home, a leaked US diplomatic cable revealed Saturday.Ambassador Francis Campbell told US diplomats that "Anglican-Vatican relations were facing their worst crisis ...

Pre-wedding must-do: Prince William, fiancee Kate to get marital advice from Church of EnglandPrince William and fiancee Kate Middleton have another chore on their must-do pre-wedding list: Sit down with priests to think about the vows they will make.The couple are expected ...

Conservative Anglican leaders reject unity plan just as Church of England gives it green lightLeaders of conservative Anglicans have rejected a proposal to hold their global body together just as the Church of England gave its preliminary approval to the plan.The rejection ...