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| Archbishop seeks Mid-East peace | Archbishop seeks Mid-East peace |
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| The Archbishop of Canterbury will use his Christmas Day sermon to urge the world to help provide hope for a peaceful solution in the Middle East. | The Archbishop of Canterbury will use his Christmas Day sermon to urge the world to help provide hope for a peaceful solution in the Middle East. |
| Dr Rowan Williams will voice concern over what he regards as an "almost total absence" of belief in the region that a political solution can be found. | Dr Rowan Williams will voice concern over what he regards as an "almost total absence" of belief in the region that a political solution can be found. |
| He will say that it is important for the world to ensure Israelis and Palestinians were not ignored. | He will say that it is important for the world to ensure Israelis and Palestinians were not ignored. |
| Dr Williams will add that people in the Middle East fear for the future. | Dr Williams will add that people in the Middle East fear for the future. |
| Without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked, Dr Rowan Williams England a 'needy land' | |
| He will say: "Go and see, go and listen; let them know, Israelis and Palestinians alike, that they will be heard and not forgotten." | He will say: "Go and see, go and listen; let them know, Israelis and Palestinians alike, that they will be heard and not forgotten." |
| Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Westminster will say in his Midnight Mass homily at Westminster Cathedral that England is undergoing a "truly radical break" with humanity's traditions. | Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Westminster will say in his Midnight Mass homily at Westminster Cathedral that England is undergoing a "truly radical break" with humanity's traditions. |
| Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor will describe England is "a profoundly needy land". | Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor will describe England is "a profoundly needy land". |
| Dr Williams's sermon will be delivered at Canterbury Cathedral. | Dr Williams's sermon will be delivered at Canterbury Cathedral. |
| In it, he is also set to say: "Both communities in their different ways dread - with good reason - a future in which they will be allowed to disappear while the world looks elsewhere. | In it, he is also set to say: "Both communities in their different ways dread - with good reason - a future in which they will be allowed to disappear while the world looks elsewhere. |
| "The beginning of some confidence in the possibility of a future is the assurance that there are enough people in the world committed to not looking away and pretending it isn't happening." | "The beginning of some confidence in the possibility of a future is the assurance that there are enough people in the world committed to not looking away and pretending it isn't happening." |
| He will add: "It may not sound like a great deal, but it is open to all of us to do; and without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked, the questions about the killing of the innocent and the brutal rejection of each other's dignity and liberty." | He will add: "It may not sound like a great deal, but it is open to all of us to do; and without friendship, it isn't possible to ask of both communities the hard questions that have to be asked, the questions about the killing of the innocent and the brutal rejection of each other's dignity and liberty." |
| On Saturday, the archbishop accused the UK government of placing Christians in the Middle East at risk through its actions in Iraq. | On Saturday, the archbishop accused the UK government of placing Christians in the Middle East at risk through its actions in Iraq. |