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Government of PNG welcomes Dr Williams

26 October 2012

Robroy Chicki

Fêted: Dr Williams with one of the dancers who greeted him at the airport in Port Moresby

Fêted: Dr Williams with one of the dancers who greeted him at the airport in Port Moresby

THE Archbishop of Canterbury and his wife, Jane Williams, arrived in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG), on Saturday, for a five-day visit.

Lambeth Palace said that they received a "joyous welcome" from the Archbishop of Papua New Guinea, the Most Revd Joseph Kopapa, and from other Anglican leaders, and representatives of the government.

The Governor General, Sir Michael Ogio, "commended the work of the Church and its development of local leadership, and expressed appreciation that the Archbishop's visit would connect with the life of local communities", the statement from Lambeth said.

The Acting Prime Minister of PNG "expressed the government's commitment to work with the Church in providing services to the community".

On Sunday, Dr Williams preached a sermon Popondetta Cathedral.

The visit also included the opening of a refurbished Anglican hospital, and seeing Dogura, where the first Anglican missionaries landed in 1891. On his final day there, on Wednesday, Dr Williams was scheduled to meet members of the PNG Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission.

Dr Williams was then to travel to New Zealand to chair the 15th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, which starts today.

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