Press releases from January 1st 2020 - December 31st 2020. If you are looking for a press release prior to 2013, please contact the communications team.
Archbishop of Canterbury launches free dial-in worship phone line during coronavirus lockdown
26/04/2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes.
4 min readArchbishop of Canterbury pays tribute to the Archbishop of York
13/02/2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury has paid tribute to the Archbishop of York in General Synod earlier today at what would have been his final Synod.
2 min readArchbishop of Canterbury to lead first assembly at National Online Academy
27/04/2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will deliver a message of hope to school pupils across the country in the first assembly at Oak National Academy, it was announced today.
4 min readArchbishop of Canterbury to lead first national virtual Church of England service
19/03/2020
Archbishop of Canterbury to lead a national broadcast as the Church of England responds to the challenge of becoming a “different sort of church” in the face of the challenge of coronavirus.
3 min readArchbishop of Canterbury will call for 'a resurrection of our common life,' in Easter Sunday sermon
09/04/2020
The Archbishop of Canterbury will call for “a resurrection of our common life,” during his Easter Sunday sermon.
4 min readArchbishop of Canterbury’s Chaplain to become key Church of England theology adviser
18/11/2020
Dr Hamley will serve as Secretary for Ecumenical Relations and Theology and Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops.
3 min readArchbishop of York leads ‘front room’ Sunday service
27/03/2020
This week’s Church of England national virtual service was recorded on an iPad in the drawing room of Bishopthorpe Palace.
3 min readArchbishop of York to preach in a weekly online service for Trinity Sunday
04/06/2020
The Archbishop of York is to be joined by representatives of charities he founded in the weekly online service for the Church of England marking his last day as Archbishop of York.
3 min readArchbishop shares climate prayer to mark fifth anniversary of Paris Accord
10/12/2020
The Church of England is marking five years since the passing of the Paris Accord at COP21 by encouraging Christians to pray for firm progress to be made on environmental pledges.
3 min readArchbishops and Bishops: stay at home but continue to pray, to love, to care for the vulnerable
23/03/2020
The Archbishops and Bishops have urged everyone to follow the instructions given by the Prime Minister to stay in their homes in a national effort to limit the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
2 min read