This section of
the website contains selected speeches, sermons and papers, delivered
or written by Dr Rowan Williams while Archbishop of Canterbury. Speeches
and sermons delivered in earlier years can be found in the
archives of this website.
2006
Sunday 6th August
'The voices of the innocent
must be heard above the din of war' - an edited version of this article
appeared in the Observer newspaper'
Sunday 6th August
Sermon at Eisteddfod
Monday 17th July
Speech on Penal Policy given at Worcester
Cathedral
Archbishop's speeches and contributions at the Meeting
of the Church of England General Synod in York 7th - 11th July 2006
Link
to Church of England General Synod page for this group of sessions
Monday 10th July 2006
Closing speech on Item 14 (as amended)
on Women in the Episcopate
(audio
link)
Opening Speech on Item 14 on Women
in the Episcopate
(audio
link)
Sunday 9th July 2006
Sermon at York Minster given during
the General Synod meeting in York
(audio
link)
Saturday 8th July 2006
Speech during debate on Women in
the Episcopate
(audio
link)
Friday 7th July 2006
Archbishop's address
to Synod on the Anglican Communion
(audio
link)
Tuesday 27th June 2006
The
Challenge and Hope of Being and Anglican Today - a Reflection for the
Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Anglican Communion
Click
here for an audio version of this reflection
Saturday 24th June 2006
Archbishop’s
Sermon at the festival of St Alban
Friday 16th June 2006
Archbishop’s
interview on Father's Day with BBC 1's Heaven and Earth show
Thursday 15th June 2006
Archbishop
of Canterbury’s Sermon on the occasion of the Service of Thanksgiving
for the Eightieth Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen
Friday 19th May 2006
House of Lords debate on contribution of churches to civic
life
Extracts
from Archbishop's opening remarks
Archbishop's
closing remarks
Link
to Hansard reporting of the debate
Tuesday 16th May 2006
Archbishop's remarks
at Lambeth Palace Diploma presentation
Friday 12th May 2006
Extracts from the
Archbishop's speech to the House of Lords debaye on Assisted Dying for
the Terminally Ill
Wednesday 10th May 2006
Archbishop's sermon at Westminster
Abbey for the annual Commemoration of Florence Nightingale
Thursday 4th May 2006
Archbishop's remarks at the launch
of Tyndall centre project
Archbishop's environment
interview with Justin Rowlatt for BBC 2's Newsnight
Archbishop's
address to Chelmsford clergy synod
Sunday 23rd April 2006
Archbishop's
Shakespeare sermon at Stratford-upon-Avon
Sunday 16th April 2006
Canterbury Cathedral - Archbishop's
sermon for Easter Day
'Doubtful gospels blind us to faith'
- article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper
Good Friday, 14th April 2006
Archbishop's Thought for the Day, Today
programme, BBC Radio 4
Tuesday 11 April 2006
Archbishop on 'Pause for Thought' -
Terry Wogan BBC Radio 2
Tuesday 28 March 2006
Archbishop's remarks at a dinner to
mark the Fifth Building Bridges seminar
Tuesday 28th March
Transcript of the Archbishop's interview
with the Today programme, BBC Radio 4
Tuesday 21 March 2006
Transcript of the Archbishop's interview
with The Guardian
Tuesday 21 March 2006
Sermon to commemorate the 450th anniversary
of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer
Tuesday 14 March 2006
Church Schools: a National Vision
Friday 05 March 2006
Transcript of the Archbishop's interview
with David Frost - BBC
Monday 27 February 2006
Contribution given at the Sudan Inter-Religious
Council
Sunday 26 February 2006
Address given at gathering in the
compound of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, Khartoum.
Sunday 26 February 2006
Sermon preached at Al Gariya, an Internally
Displaced Persons’ camp on the outskirts of Khartoum
Friday 17 February 2006
Archbishop's address to the 9th meeting
of the World Council of Churches, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Thursday 9 February 2006
Archbishop's speech summing up the
debate on the House of Bishops' Women Bishops Group: Report to the General
Synod
Archbishop's contribution to the debate
on the House of Bishops' Women Bishops Group: Report to the General Synod
Wednesday 8 February 2006
Archbishop's contribution to the debate
on the Bicentenary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Tuesday 7 February 2006
An extract from remarks at a dinner
given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayor of London for the Archbishops and
Bishops of the Church of England at the Mansion House, London
Archbishop's contribution to the debate
on the House of Bishops' Women Bishops Group Report to the General Synod
from a working group chaired by the Bishop of Guilford
Archbishop's sermon at Eucharist service,
General Synod London
Sunday 5 February 2006
English translation of a sermon delivered
in German at St Matthäus Church, Berlin at a service to mark the
centenary of the birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Saturday 4 February 2006
Archbishop's speech at the Bonhoeffer
Memorial
Friday 3 February 2006
Archbishop's speech at the opening
of the International Bonhoeffer Congress, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Tuesday 24 January 2006
Archbishop's remarks at a reception
to mark the inaugural meeting of the Christian-Muslim Forum
ARCHIVES
2005 Sermons and Speeches
2004 Sermons and Speeches
2003 Sermons and Speeches
2002 Sermons and Speeches
Some earlier material can be found on the Church
in Wales website.
The 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury
An archive of speeches, sermons, and statements by Archbishop
George Carey can be found here.
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