QUOTES FROM THE MEDIA
‘UNSPEAKABLE CRUELTY’ OF THE HOLOCAUST ‘MUST NEVER BE REPEATED’ Church leaders have remembered the millions of Jews who died at the hands of the Nazi regime... International Holocaust Memorial Day [is] held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on 27 January 1945… Pope Francis called Jews ‘a suffering people’ who ‘deserve peace’. He said the world must never forget the ‘extermination of millions of Jews, people of various nationalities and religious faiths’ at the hands of the Nazis. ‘This unspeakable cruelty must never be repeated,’ he said. The Pope, who visited Auschwitz in 2016, said it was especially important to educate younger generations about ‘the horrors of this dark page in human history’. ‘It must never be forgotten, so that we can build a future in which human dignity is never again trampled upon,’ he said... The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, also remembered those murdered during the Nazi genocide as well as ‘all subsequent genocides’. He called on people ‘to stand against persecution because of identity or faith’. ‘May hatred be replaced by the love of God who calls each person precious,’ he said. Christian Today
CHURCH’S REPUTATION IS ‘UNDER THREAT’ FROM NEGATIVE MEDIA COVERAGE
SCHOOL PUPILS IN DEPRIVED AREAS ‘MUCH LESS LIKELY’ TO HAVE COVID-19 VACCINE
A ‘plethora’ of negative news stories is threatening to undermine the good being done by churches across the country. The warning comes after research by PR agency Jersey Road found that an average of 150 pieces of negative media coverage are being published each month about the Church. Kantar monitored media coverage of the Church over a period of three months starting from September 2021... In response to the findings, Jersey Road has launched a crisis communications course for churches that offers practical guidance on how to prepare for, prevent and respond to a PR crisis… [Jersey Road’s crisis communications lead, Sarann Buckby, said:] ‘It’s crucial for the future mission of the Church that leaders proactively ... respond to a media crisis with transparency, integrity and compassion.’
Pupils in the most deprived communities of England are ‘much less likely’ to have received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine than those in other areas, new analysis suggests. There are also likely to be sharp differences in take-up based on ethnicity, eligibility for free school meals and whether English is spoken as a first language… Just over a third (36.1 per cent) of 12 to 15-year-olds at state-funded schools in the most deprived areas of England are estimated to have received at least one dose of vaccine, compared with 70.3 per cent in the least deprived areas… Responding to the figures, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said... ‘It is vital that all eligible young people are able to receive either a first or second jab... ‘It is equally important … to ensure that young people and their families are provided with clear and reliable information so that they can make an informed choice.’
Christian Today
ITV News
CHRISTIAN CHARITY CALLS FOR UK LAW CHANGE TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF YOUNG GIRLS A Christian charity is calling for the law to be changed to prevent young girls being trafficked into the UK ... for sex. Care is raising the issue after a BBC documentary revealed evidence that children as young as 10 are being trafficked to the UK and then sold on. The charity says there needs to be a reform of laws around prostitution to prevent the trading in thousands of young victims. Lauren Agnew, Care’s human trafficking and sexual exploitation policy officer [said:] ‘We’re advocating for the government to follow in Northern Ireland’s footsteps and implement the Nordic model...’ Under the Nordic law, sex buyers are criminalised while prostitutes are decriminalised. Premier
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