Archbishop, would you like to see the next Lambeth Conference in Africa, and if so which African country?
Another question inviting me to put my neck on the block isn’t it, in terms of choosing countries? You have to weigh I think, the obvious emotional force of being in the Mother Church, as its seen by so many, against the symbolic force of being where a great deal of the action is. As you probably know we did consider very seriously the possibility of a bishops and laity Anglican congress or gathering in South Africa half way between the last Lambeth and this, roughly. That proved, again, extremely difficult in financial and logistical terms. I’m very open to looking for larger scale Anglican gatherings in the continent where the majority of Anglicans actually are – I think that’s a perfectly proper aspiration. Whether there is also something that, for good or ill, Canterbury still represents for the communion, that is grounding and unifying, I’m not sure I think there probably so I wouldn’t want to say goodbye to something of this format. You mention financial difficulties for one reas
