Anglican spiritual leader visits Bethlehem
Thursday, December 21, 2006

(Bethlehem):The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, made a pilgrimage to Bethlehem on Thursday and prayed at the traditional site of Jesus' birth.Williams, the Anglican spiritual leader, was on a four-day trip to the Holy Land along with other British church leaders.

The group included Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster and leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Primate of the Armenian Church of Great Britain, and the Reverend David Coffey, Moderator of the Free Churches.

The leaders have called for prayers for the beleaguered town, where the Christian community has suffered economic hardship and anxiety about their homes and their security. the rest