Benedictine monks and nuns return to St Edmundsbury in England for the first time in 500 years
Hundreds of Benedictine monks and nuns descended on St Edmundsbury Cathedral in England’s east last weekend as part of the cathedral’s 1000 year celebrations – the first time such a gathering had been seen in the country in almost 500 years. The monks and nuns came from across the UK as well as countries including Belgium […]
Interfaith leaders gather in Ukraine to appeal for peace
RNS A group of prominent faith leaders gathered in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, on Tuesday to denounce violence and express solidarity with Ukrainians amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country. At the meeting near the Romanian border were former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, president of the Council of Christians and Jews, as […]
Postcards: Climate protestors return to London’s streets; Christians were among them
When climate change protestors returned to the streets of London this week, members of a group of ecumenical Christians – Christian Climate Action – was among those arrested. Photographer SEAN HAWKEY, working for the World Council of Churches, captured these images…
Rowan Williams tells Japanese students of secular thinking “pitfalls”
Ecumenical News International The Archbishop of Canterbury, citing nuclear weaponry, has told Japanese university students that the rationality of secular thinking does not assure “understanding and reconciliation”. Archbishop Rowan Williams was on a week’s visit to Japan timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Anglicanism in the country where Christians make up only about […]
ESSAY: MUCH ADO ABOUT SHARIA
In an article first published on the ABC Unleashed website, ANDREW McGOWAN takes a look at the controversy surrounding the recent comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, concerning Sharia law…