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9:23 CAT | 25 Nov 2022
FILE - Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby Welby, made the remarks during a sermon in Cape Town, South Africa, at St George's Cathedral where Archbishop Desmond Tutu once preached. [Screen grab: Anglican MediaSA]
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby on Thursday said the brutality of the extremist violence in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado region was overwhelming, after a visit to the jihadist-hit region.
The highest-ranking cleric in the Church of England, Welby made the remarks during a sermon in Cape Town after visiting neighbouring Mozambique where he met survivors of the insurgency.
“I felt stunned by what I saw, the cruelty that is there is an overwhelming one, it leaves you breathless, feels as though you have been punched in the stomach with horror,” he said at the cathedral where Archbishop Desmond Tutu once preached.
He said he met in Cabo Delgado people who have been “chased from their homes by ISIS… (and) agonised and tortured before they ran” including young women who saw their babies killed.
The five-year insurgency waged by fighters, who have proclaimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, has claimed more than 4,000 lives — around half of them civilians, according to global conflict tracking organisation Acled. About a million people have fled their homes.
The Archbishop was on a five day long pastoral visit to Mozambique aimed at fostering solidarity, peace and reconciliation.
He said he plans to visit Ukraine next week.
Watch. St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, 24 November 2022, Officiant: Bishop Stephen Diseko, Dean of The Province (ACSA). Preacher: Archbishop Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
In Pemba, Mozambique, where I’m with govt officials, Catholic & Muslim leaders and young peacemakers to hear first-hand how conflict is inflicting terrible trauma on innocent people. Like these displaced mothers whose babies were killed. pic.twitter.com/Upusw2tSJi
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) November 22, 2022
I want the world to know what’s happening in this beautiful country, and help it leave war behind and reach its full potential. https://t.co/6mqCBk6mGc
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) November 23, 2022
Source: AFP / Anglican MediaSA
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