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Church Head Offers Message of Hope in Sudan Peace Visit

by Christian Today
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006, 4:29 (GMT)
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The spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, Dr Rowan Williams, has arrived in Sudan following the nation’s peace deal that ended more than 20 years of violence, on a pre-Lent visit.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, used the visit to appeal for tolerance, with more than 1,000 gathering to hear his speech.

“So many of these conflicts are about who is to be king,” said Dr Williams in Khartoum, where Islamic Sharia law applies.



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