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FAITH LEADERS ‘HORRIFIED’ BY IMPACT OF NATIONALITY AND BORDERS BILL ON REFUGEES The Bishop of Dover, the Most Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, and former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, are among the more than 1,000 faith leaders who have signed a letter to the prime minister expressing their horror at the implications of the Nationality and Borders Bill for people seeking asylum in the UK… The faith leaders warn that this … will create a two-tier system… ‘Criminalising and punishing vulnerable asylum seekers who have little choice but to arrive in the UK through “irregular routes”, when the majority are subsequently able to prove that they have a legitimate basis for their asylum claim, is a disgraceful and dishonourable policy, and should be abandoned…’ They urge the government to recognise the ‘desperation’ driving asylum seekers to the UK, and to keep the values of ‘family life, community service and respect for human dignity’ at the forefront of its policy decisions on refugees… ‘It is a sad fact that in our broken world, forced migration is not a temporary crisis; it is an ongoing reality. While there is still conflict and injustice in the world, there will always be desperate people needing to seek sanctuary from war, persecution and suffering,’ the letter ends. Christian Today
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CHARITIES HELP LONDON CHURCHES LAUNCH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT CAMPAIGN Churches in London are partnering with three charities to offer more mental health and isolation support to their communities… Working with Renew Wellbeing, churches will be empowered to create quiet safe spaces where it’s ‘OK to not be OK’. The charity Restored will equip churches to understand and challenge domestic abuse and create a safe place for survivors. The third partner charity, Headstrong … works with churches to support young people around mental health and anxiety. Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally, said: ‘Churches are ideally placed to provide mental health support in their communities, supplementing the work of local services and the NHS.’ Premier
POPE DECRIES WAR IN SURPRISE VISIT TO RUSSIAN EMBASSY The Pope has made a remarkable intervention in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pope Francis visited the Russian embassy … in Rome on Friday morning to express his concerns about the war directly with country officials… At his General Audience on Wednesday, the Pope called on the faithful to join in a day of prayer and fasting for the war... He decried the invasion and called on ‘those with political responsibility to examine their consciences seriously before God, who is the God of peace and not of war’. In a message posted to the Pope’s Twitter [account] in both English and Russian, he … condemned war as a ‘failure’. ‘Every war leaves our world worse than it was before,’ he said. ‘War is a failure of politics and of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil.’ Christian Today
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Salvationist 12 March 2022
At great expense, the Fathers of the Church in historic Chastleton House have been restored. The work by the National Trust has exposed a problem, however. One of the saints, which are more than 400 years old, has gone missing. The trust has launched a search for St Ambrose, last seen at the Jacobean house in 1919. As yet there is no clue as to what happened to the painting by an unknown artist working in the early 17th century. The best lead the trust has is the Flemish engraving on which the painting was based… Research is continuing in the records of auction houses at the British Library and archives in Oxford. The Times
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