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- A special extended bank holiday weekend this month will give communities across the UK a chance to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. In February this year, HM the Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years of service. The weekend, from Thursday June 2nd to Sunday June 5th will include a birthday parade,...Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee
- A senior church leader in Ukraine has told the citizens that Russia’s war on Ukraine “did not begin with missiles and bombs – it began with deception, untruth and lies.” So says the head of Ukraine’s independent Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Epiphany (Dumenko). “The Lord is now showing us how we must resist with the testimony...Ukrainian church leaders urge people to pray
- The international development agency, Christian Aid, will spend £8m on vital supplies over the next six months to help the Ukrainian people. The money comes from donations to DEC, the Disasters Emergency Committee, that has raised more than £300m for Ukraine. That’s around £3 on average donated by every person in the UK. Through its...Christian Aid spends £8m from British people to help Ukraine
- The huge outpouring of support for Ukraine is now eclipsing other crises around the world, which in turn is threatening millions with starvation. So warns a number of charities and other humanitarian organisations. The UN reports that the situation in Somalia, where 4.5milliion people are at risk of starvation owing to the worst drought in...Starving in the shadow of Ukraine
- A cross-party strategy is urgently needed to tackle rising levels of child poverty in the UK. So says a new report by the Church of England. The report brought together the views of 14 organisations, church leaders and grassroots groups. It has called for cross-departmental approach in Whitehall, and formal structures for driving forward this...Child poverty strategy needed now “more than ever”
- The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called on the Government to work with faith groups to achieve net zero carbon. Speaking recently in the House of Lords during a debate on Behaviour Change for Net Zero, he said: “My Lords, like the Government, the Church of England has targets for reaching net-zero carbon, in...Archbishop calls for the Government to work with faith groups to achieve net zero carbon
- A leading US Commission is calling for India, Nigeria and Afghanistan to be designated countries of particular concern, because of the growing threat to religious freedom in those nations. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recently published its 2022 Annual Report. Its findings are in line with the recent Persecution Trends...Christian persecution growing in Nigeria, India and Afghanistan, warns US Commission
- The Chinese authorities have recently banned a church from using the word Christ on the Internet. In the latest crackdown on religious freedom in China, the authorities picked up on the use of the word Christ in a WeChat post published by the Early Rain Covenant Church – a regular target for the Chinese authorities....Now China bans mentioning ‘Christ’ on the internet
- War in Ukraine: Diocese in Europe and USPG launch Ukraine emergency appeal War in Ukraine: John Rutter pens new work after Ukraine invasion War in Ukraine: Advice for parishes on helping refugees Parishes prepare for mass ‘citizen science’ biodiversity events ‘Cathedrals are at the heart of Covid recovery’ says lead Dean Longest overdue library book...News (all articles) for May 2022
- The Church of England Diocese in Europe and USPG, the mission agency, have launched an emergency appeal to get aid to people in desperate need because of the invasion of Ukraine. Funds raised by the appeal will support Christian charities and churches carrying out humanitarian work both in Ukraine and responding to the arrival of refugees...War in Ukraine: Diocese in Europe and USPG launch Ukraine emergency appeal
- John Rutter, the composer, has written a new choral work in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Funds raised from ‘A Prayer for Ukraine’, are going to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine appeal. Rutter explained: “How can a composer respond to a global tragedy? I suppose by writing music: like everybody I have been shocked...War in Ukraine: John Rutter pens new work after Ukraine invasion
- The Church of England has published a ‘toolkit’ of resources for parishes seeking to help refugees and evacuees from Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of the country. The material, available at https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/community-action/war-ukraine-responding brings together advice on how churches can welcome people arriving from Ukraine through giving, longer-term practical support such as community...War in Ukraine: Advice for parishes on helping refugees