Perhaps one of the most anticipated speakers, or at least one who was always going to garner some interest, was the Primate of Australia, Archbishop Philip Freier of Melbourne. He gave the opening address to a full conference hall. What would he say? Most importantly would he acknowledge the key issues that have, in many sense, catalysed the coming together of all these people?

The importance of this teaching has become very evident in the last nine months as Christian communities in Syria and Iraq have been persecuted and driven from their ancestral lands and homes, purely because they have been targeted by the ISIS militias for their religious commitment.

This time, the incident did not result in a fatal bicycle/car hit and run accident, but the cathedral cleric's driving has been described by the DWI Hit Parade as: "Boozing Episcopal Priest Diane Reiners drove like pin-ball machine DUI in Holland." DWI Hit Parade is a Nevada-based Internet website which provides "news and commentary about those who choose to drive impaired."

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Alarmed motorists were so frightened by her swerving across the underwater passage to Jersey City at 6 p.m. that they furiously called 911. The 53-year-old was weaving so dangerously that the tires of her Toyota were hitting a curb inside the tunnel, a Port Authority spokesman said.

Cops found an open bottle of Absolut voka, another bottle of booze, prescription pain medication and anxiety drugs inside the car, officials said.