Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby, will visit Chichester today

From England-

The Archbishop of Canterbury will visit Sussex to take part in the final part of his pilgrimage around five English cities before his enthronement as leader of the Church of England.

The Most Rev Justin Welby will miss the inauguration of Pope Francis in Rome to join a "journey in prayer" in Chichester.

In the past six days, the Archbishop has visited four other cities and six cathedrals, starting in Norwich and taking in Coventry, London and Truro.

Today he will address a crowd in Market Cross, Chichester, before offering a prayer and an invitation for people to walk alongside him to the city's 900-year-old cathedral.


It will mark his final "journey in prayer" around five English cities before he is enthroned as leader of the Anglican Church at Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday.

The Dean of Chichester, Nicholas Frayling, said: "People come in their hundreds to say their prayers here every day of the year.


More here-

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10298335.Archbishop_of_Centerbury__The_Most_Rev_Justin_Welby__will_visit_Chichester_today/

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