Anglican Leaders Urge Harare Bishop To Speak For Needs Of Poor
By Ndimyake Mwakalyelye and Jonga Kandemiiri
Washington, DC
09 March 2007

Senior Anglican church officials have urged the sect's top cleric in Zimbabwe to speak with an “independent voice” on human rights and economic problems.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the Archbishop of Central Africa, Bernard Malanga, met this week with the Anglican Bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, and later issued a joint statement saying that “all ministers of the gospel must be free to serve and to speak for the needs of those most deprived and disadvantaged.”

The bishops said social justice and economic development are necessary to meet the United Nations Millenium Development Goals including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and ensuring universal primary education, among others. the rest