ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS
SERVICE
ACNS 3357
LAMBETH PALACE
20 MARCH 2003
Statement by the Archbishops
of Canterbury and York on conflict with Iraq
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
Dr Rowan Williams, and the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, today issued
the following joint statement:
"The road that has led us
to military action with Iraq has been a long and difficult one. It is
clear that we have now entered dangerous new terrain with consequences
that cannot be surely known or predicted. Our prayers at this difficult
and troubling time are with all those who will find themselves embroiled
in conflict and its consequences. We pray for servicemen and women and
their families, those who seek to support and to sustain them, and for
the people of Iraq and the region, whose immediate future is so
uncharted.
"Above all we pray that
through God's mercy and compassion, peace with justice may come
swiftly."
