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Australia's Primate to be Lambeth bishops spokesman

Posted On : July 2, 2008 3:13 PM | Posted By : Admin ACO
Related Categories: LC2008

ACNS: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/7/2/ACNS4418

The Most Revd Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate of
the Anglican Province of Australia will act as principal spokesman for
the Anglican Communion bishops attending the 14th Lambeth Conference
which meets in Canterbury from 20 July to August 4.

Archbishop Aspinall acted as spokesman for the Primates at their meeting
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in February 2007. He will chair a daily press
conference during the Lambeth meeting at which he will be joined by
bishops with specialist experience in the theme of the day. The themes
to be covered by the bishops in their discussions range from climate
change and the Millennium Development Goals to Anglican identity and the
role of Covenant in the future of the Communion.

Archbishop Aspinall said it will be both a privilege and a challenge to
articulate the voice of the bishops of the Communion at a time of
enormous challenge for the church and the world.

"Anglicanism has much to say about many things including the challenges
of poverty, insecurity, loss of faith and increasing relativism. The
Conference will be a time for listening as well as speaking, and I will
be as much a part of that listening process as my fellow bishops," said
Dr Aspinall.

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury said "Archbishop Phillip is
just the gifted communicator the Conference needs to tell the story of
the Conference as it unfolds day by day. I am grateful to him for
agreeing to take on the role of principal spokesman for the Conference".

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