Archbishop of Canterbury vows to help Palestinians get ‘freedom they deserve’

Archbishop of Canterbury vows to help Palestinians get ‘freedom they deserve’

Dame Sarah Mulally is on a pilgrimage to Christian holy sites in Israel and the West Bank

Archbishop of Canterbury promises to help give Palestinians 'the freedom you deserve'

The Archbishop of Canterbury has promised to give Palestinians the "freedom they deserve" on a landmark visit to the West Bank.

Archbishop of Canterbury makes first pastoral visit to Holy Land since taking office

THE Archbishop of Canterbury, who is on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land this week, has met Layan Nasir, the 26-year-old Palestinian Anglican who, over the past five years, has spent three periods in Israeli administrative detention and prison (News,...

Archbishop Mullally’s sermon in Birzeit – Anglican Ink © 2026

Archbishop Sarah was making the first visit of an Archbishop of Canterbury to St Peter’s Anglican Church in the Palestinian Christian town of Birzeit. She introduced her sermon by thanking the rector, Father Fadi Diab, and the congregation for their hospitality, recognising too the costliness of life for them and their families in the occupied West Bank. She told the congregation she would use her role as Archbishop to seek “the peace you desire…