International Community Must Support Poor Countries, says Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said during an ongoing visit to Angola that the international community must support poor countries in their efforts to develop.
by Maria Mackay
Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said during an ongoing visit to Angola that the international community must support poor countries in their efforts to develop.

In a sermon preached to over 2000 Anglicans in a basketball stadium in Angola’s capital Luanda, Archbishop Williams promised to speak out for struggling countries on his return to the UK.

Dr Williams criticised wealthy countries for doing too little to help impoverished countries.

“Sometimes the international community can forget a country whose circumstances are too difficult,” he said. “Sometimes it is as if wealthy countries say to poor countries, ‘When you are a success, then we will help you.’ One of the things that the church must say is that the help and the love must come first, not the success. the rest

From ACNS: 2000 Greet the Archbishop of Canterbury in Angola