wfn.org | ACNS3520 Archbishop of Canterbury arrives in Ghana

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ACNS 3520     |     WEST AFRICA     |	  24 JULY 2003 

Archbishop of Canterbury arrives in Ghana

Bands, flowers, singing and dancing, and a crowd of photographers,
greeted the Archbishop of Canterbury and his wife, Mrs Williams, at
Accra Airport on Wednesday evening. Choirs, Mothers' Union and others
wearing Archbishop Williams T-shirts, gave the president of the Anglican
Communion a warm welcome. Several hundred Anglicans were led by the Most
Revd Robert Okine, the Archbishop of West Africa.

In an opening press conference Archbishop Rowan spoke of the beauty and
hopes of Africans and called on the "church and state to work together
for the good of the people". He said that he looked forward to "learning
from the experience" of being in the Province of West Africa.

Dr Williams is accompanied by: Mrs Jane Williams; Dr Herman Browne, the
Archbishop's Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs; the Revd Jonathan
Jennings, the Archbishop's Press Secretary; and Canon James Rosenthal,
Director of Communications for the Anglican Communion. They will be
visiting Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia during the seven-day stay.

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