Primate of All Ireland speaks to General Synod

Episcopal Life reports on the Archbishop of Ireland’s remarks to the Church of Ireland’s General Synod. The Most Rev. Alan Harper reflects on his visit to the Holy Land and the similarities of the issues in Ireland and the Holy Land.

In his presidential address to the General Synod, which meets once a year, Harper described his April 29-May 2 visit to the Holy Land as “harrowing but not hopeless.”

Joined by Cardinal Archbishop of Armagh Seán Brady, the Rev. Roy Cooper, president of the Methodist Church in Ireland, and the Rev. John Finlay, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Harper said he had been “deeply moved by the resilience of West Bank Palestinians in circumstances of intolerable hardship, denial of dignity and severe restriction of freedom of movement.”

Following his address Harper, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland since February 2007, told a news conference that the Church of Ireland remains in communion with every part of the Anglican Communion and spoke about his hopes for this summer’s Lambeth Conference of bishops. “I believe that we will find a way to manage the differences that we have with respect to everyone’s ethically held positions,” he said.

Read the article here.

Archbishop Harper’s complete address is here in pdf.

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