Steve Waring of The Living Church has just posted a story on Bishop John Bryson Chane’s recent trip to Iran. The article is here. The bishop’s column on his trip, which ran in the January issue of Washington Window, is here.
The article begins:
Washington Bishop John B. Chane participated in three days of talks with senior Iranian religious and political officials in the capital of Tehran as guests of Muhammad Khatami, the country’s former president, in early December. Later he spoke about the visit in person with President George W. Bush.
Bishop Chane was accompanied on the Dec. 5-7 visit by the Rt. Rev. Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe; the Rev. Canon John Peterson, canon for global justice and reconciliation at Washington National Cathedral; and Evan Anderson, deputy director, International Reconciliation and Peacekeeping, Center for Global Justice and Reconciliation at the Cathedral College.
Bishop Chane spoke with President Bush prior to the start of the Jan. 2 memorial service for former President Gerald Ford. He said President Bush was very pleased the visit had been so productive.