New Zealand: Catholic and Anglican Bishops join forces
Monday, 14 August 2006

Press Release: Catholic and Anglican Bishops Catholic and Anglican Bishops join forces for peace.

The Catholic and Anglican Bishops in this part of the world have amplified the pleas of their partner churches in Lebanon, Israel and Palestine for the ceasefire promised for that region, for aid for the victims of the war – and for Church leaders here to swell the international chorus calling for a permanent end to the hostilities.

And the bishops have asked the country’s Catholics and Anglicans to reach out to the victims of the war through their two respective aid agencies, Caritas NZ and Christian World Service, or other agencies committed to alleviating the Middle East suffering.

Archbishop David Moxon, who is one of the three co-presiding Bishops of the Anglican Church here, says to stay silent is not an option. the rest