{"id":84418,"date":"2019-07-31T16:10:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=84418"},"modified":"2019-07-31T18:23:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T22:23:01","slug":"church-times-archbishop-welbys-india-trip-to-be-pastoral-not-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=84418","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Archbishop Welby\u2019s India trip to be \u2018pastoral, not political\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Archbishop of Canterbury<\/a> will give a \u201cfull and very transparent account of what happened\u201d when he becomes the first C of E Primate to visit the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in India, his interfaith adviser said this week.<\/p>\n

After a trip to Sri Lanka to show solidarity with the Christian community in the wake of the Easter bombings, the Archbishop will begin a ten-day trip to India on 31 August, travelling to seven cities and towns in the Church of North India and the Church of South India<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At a briefing for journalists on Tuesday, his interfaith adviser, the Revd Dr Richard Sudworth, emphasised that the visit was pastoral rather than political, after being questioned about whether the Archbishop would be challenging the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on the status of minorities (News, 16 January 2015<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Archbishop will be going to listen and learn what the situation is,\u201d he said. \u201cThere seems to be a very varied picture, and what we are encouraged by here is that the Indian constitution does give freedom of religion and belief, and that is something we will be hoping to affirm and hear about as we travel around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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