Amid a two week tour covering the breadth of Australia, the Anglican church's most senior leader carved out time for a visit to residents hit by this year's catastrophic floods.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in St Andrew's Anglican Church, Lismore.abc.net.au/news/archbishop-of-canterbury-visits-flood-ravaged-lismore/101541152As Ray Nickel waited at the front of his flood-ravaged house, his anxiety levels rose dramatically.Mr Nickel said a personal visit from the Archbishop of Canterbury in the wake of the catastrophic northern NSW floods was an "absolute privilege", even if it was a "little overwhelming.
"I was pleased to let him see what the situation was for not just myself, but [so] he would understand how it is for other people in this town, and how much devastation and loss there was," Mr Nickel said.The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader of the Anglican faith, which includes around 2.5 million Australians.
Archbishop Welby is nearing the end of a two-week visit to Australia that has included Perth, Melbourne, and the Torres Strait Islands. "[You saw] that phenomenal communal spirit, and you just thought, 'Oh, come on, surely, you can bottle some of this and take a swig before you deal with the people here,'" he said.
He recounted the Archbishop of Polynesia once telling him, "For you guys in the west, this is a problem for the 30s and the 40s. For us, it's life and death today".
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