wfn.org | Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town to visit Germany

[George Conklin <gconklin@wfn.org>]

The Church of the Province of Southern Africa 
The Office of the Archbishop 
21 April 1999
ARCHBISHOP IN GERMANY 
ECUMENICAL, PASTORAL AND POLITICAL DIALOGUE 
The Archbishop of Cape Town the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane will undertake 
an ecumenical visitation to the churches in Germany at the invitation of the 
German Evangelical Church (EKD) 
The Archbishop leaves Cape Town on 21 April for a ten day visit during which 
he will meet with Roman Catholic, Lutheran and EKD Church leaders. 
The visit coincides with the 5th Anniversary of Freedom Day in South Africa 27 
April, and Archbishop Njongonkulu will be delivering a keynote address at a 
meeting in Bremen at which the overall theme will be " Five Years of the New 
South Africa: Analysis, Hope and Challenges".
The Archbishop will also be addressing various forums on the International 
Debt Crisis and this comes significantly before the G8 Summit in Cologne on 19 
June.
Archbishop Ndungane continues to champion the cause of the Jubilee 2000 
Campaign which proposes remission of the unpayable debts owed by highly 
indebted poor countries to commercial banks, creditor governments and 
multi-lateral bodies such as the IMF, the World Bank and Regional Development 
Banks. 
Archbishop Ndungane will participate in a Liturgical Celebration in Berlin, 
during which The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Prize will be received by Archbishop 
Emeritus Desmond Tutu on behalf of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of 
South Africa.
The Archbishop returns to Cape Town on 1 May. 
For further information please contact 
The Revd Canon Raphael Hess 
Media Liaison Officer 
Office of the Archbishop of Cape Town 
Telephone: 948 1558 
Fax: 949 9814 
Email: hessrbv@mweb.co.za