I join other church leaders deploring the attack on Christian Churches in Iraq last Sunday. I know that Anglicans around the world, in their private prayers as well as in their corporate worship, pray constantly for the people of Iraq. We pray for all those who are involved in this unending conflict.
My thoughts and prayers are also with those in other places in our world where Christians gathering for worship do so in great fear and with brave hearts. We pray for the Sudan, Northern Uganda, Pakistan, and for all people who gather for worship with the full realisation that their lives could be in danger. We pray for justice and peace. May God have mercy on us all.
Canon John L. Peterson
Secretary General, The Anglican Communion
3 August 2004