COPENHAGEN (AP) _ Christian leaders from around the world have held an ecumenical worship service at Copenhagen’s Lutheran cathedral to support efforts to stop global warming.
Sunday’s service was led by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the world Anglican leader.
He was joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and church leaders from Tuvalu, Zambia, Mexico, Greenland and Denmark. They carried symbols of climate change: a glacier stone from Greenland, bleached corals from the Pacific Ocean and a dried-up cob of corn from East Africa.
After the service, church bells in Copenhagen and around the world chimed 350 times to draw attention to global warming. Many scientists say 350 parts per million is the upper level of what is considered a safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.