Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop of York’

Voice-controlled app answers questions about God

Thursday, May 30th, 2019

A voice-controlled app called Alexa has answered tens of thousands of questions about the Christian faith since it was launched last year. The Church of England says so far more than 75,000 people have engaged with its app (or skill), “Alexa Skill”. People with a smart speaker, such as an Echo, or with Alexa on Read more

Archbishop of York in Pacific for climate change reflections

Friday, July 31st, 2015

The Anglican Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is to visit Samoa, Tonga and Fiji to lead a series of leadership reflections on climate change. He has been invited to come by the Most Revd Dr Winston Halapua, the Anglican Archbishop of Polynesia. He will be in the Pacific from 27 July to 14 August. Read more

Anderton dismisses Archbishop of York’s calls for a demolition

Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

Christ Church Cathedral restoration campaigner Jim Anderton has dismissed the Archbishop of York’s calls for a demolition and rebuild as unqualified and disappointing. The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican Church hierarchy. Last week Sentamu visited the ruins of the cathedral , and said Read more

Archbishop of York to visit New Zealand

Friday, March 7th, 2014

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is to visit New Zealand from the 9th to the 29th of March for a time of study and public engagements. The Archbishop, with his wife Margaret Sentamu, will be based in Dunedin at the University of Otago as the Harold Turner Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Read more

Archbishop of York attacks Government over right to wear cross

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has attacked the Government for denying that Christians have a right to wear the cross at work.

Dr John Sentamu hit out at “meddling” after it emerged that ministers were fighting a case brought by two women at the European Court of Human Rights.

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