Gordon Brown joins bishops in call to cut world poverty
24 07 08 - 07:21 Gordon Brown today joined an Anglican-led demonstration urging world leaders to halve global poverty levels in the coming years, calling the march of more than 500 bishops one of Britain's "greatest public demonstrations of faith".The prime minister addressed the religious leaders after they had marched through central London to Lambeth palace, dressed in full ceremonial garb, to call for greater efforts to achieve the UN's millennium development goals.
Chief amongst these aims, set in 2000, is an ambition to cut global poverty by half by 2015.
Today's rally saw most of the 670 Anglican bishops attending the ongoing Lambeth conference, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, file past Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament carrying banners saying "Keep the promise".
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Faith ignores reality. The Earth is dying through overpopulation and overconsumption by humans. The solution is a reduction in both.
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