HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- The head of the worldwide Anglican
church said Sunday during a visit to Zimbabwe that Christianity
should not be about politics but about God.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, told more than
15,000 mainstream Anglican worshippers gathered for Mass at a city
stadium that Anglican worshippers are constantly "tortured by uncertainty and risk of attack" and have endured "mindless and
Godless assaults," in the southern African country.

He praised the worshippers for being "courageous" amid a bitter dispute between the followers of breakaway Bishop Nolbert Kunonga and mainstream Anglican worshippers.

Kunonga, a loyalist of longtime ruler President Robert Mugabe, was excommunicated in 2007 by the main Anglican Province of Central
Africa and the worldwide head of the church. He was accused of inciting violence in sermons supporting Mugabe's party.

The Anglican Church in Zimbabwe has been divided since Kunonga's
excommunication. He has taken over the main cathedral, schools and
the church's bank accounts.

Kunonga insists he split from the Anglican church because of its position on gay marriage, and called Williams' visit to Zimbabwe a
"crusade for gays."

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