Sunday, September 7, 2008

Poverty more important than sexuality says Tutu

A report from the BBC. Archbishop Tutu (Shown in a very hip hat) thinks we have our priorities out of order.

Archbishop Tutu told the conference in London that the Anglican Church was ideally placed to tackle poverty because of its presence at the heart of communities in the UK and overseas. However, he said he sometimes felt ashamed of his fellow Anglicans as they focussed obsessively on trying to resolve their disagreement about homosexuality while 30,000 people died each day because of poverty.

"We really will not be able to win wars against so-called terror as long as there are conditions that make people desperate, and poverty, disease and ignorance are amongst the chief culprits," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7602498.stm

1 comment:

Diane said...

Well said, Bishop Tutu. Jesus must weep over our prioities.