Anglican bishops lead 'poverty march' through London - Summary

London - Hundreds of Anglican bishops led a protest march through central London Thursday urging world governments to show the "political will" to fulfil pledges of eradicating global poverty by 2015. The colourful march, which turned the government centre of Whitehall into a sea of bishops' purple, was led by Rowan Williams, the head of the worldwide Anglican Church. It was spearheaded by around 600 bishops and joined by other faith leaders, politicians, diplomats and charity groups, swelling the total number of participants to over 2,000. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who addressed a final rally at Lambeth Palace, the London seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, said the bishops had staged the "greatest public demonstration of faith" Britain had ever seen. The bishops had sent a "symbol and a very clear message" that poverty... [read full story]