My Journey So Far

Canon Andrew White is something of a legend: a man of great charm and energy, whose personal suffering has not deflected him from his role as one of the world’s most trusted mediators and reconcilers.

As a child and young man growing up in London Andrew was fr equently ill. He set his heart on working in the field of anaesthetics,an ambition he achieved, but found himself called into Anglican ministry. He has since had a considerable role in the work of reconciliation, both between Christian and Jew and between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslim. As Vi car of St George’s Baghdad, the only Anglican church in Iraq, he lead ateam providing food, health care, and education on a major scale and often in dire circumstances.

Despite the pain from multiple scleros is, he is frequently involved in hostage negotiations, and played a keyrole in ending the siege at the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem. His personal friendships have included Yasser Arafat and Pope John Paul II. He has been kidnapped, and lives in constant danger. He is trusted by those who trust very few.