Anglican Bishops March for an End to Poverty ; Politics

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Gordon Brown hailed a march of hundreds of the world's religious leaders, calling for urgent action to tackle global poverty, yesterday, as "the greatest public demonstration of faith" Britain has ever seen.

Most of the 670 Anglican bishops attending the Lambeth Conference, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, moved slowly and silently behind a banner telling governments to Keep the Promise Halve Poverty by 2015, past Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament to Lambeth Palace.

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Anglican Bishops March for an End to Poverty ; Politics

The Prime Minister told the bishops, who had been joined by up to 1,500 faith leaders, diplomats, politicians an...

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