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Look after the world’s poorest to beat Covid, says Archbishop Welby
THE coronavirus will not be defeated anywhere until it is defeated everywhere, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on Wednesday morning, after 100,000 Covid-related deaths were reported in the UK, Archbis...

Three finalists chosen for Theology Slam 2021
THE final of Theology Slam 2021 — a competition to find engaging young voices who think theologically about the contemporary world — will feature talks on justice, creativity, and community in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three finalists hav...

Archbishops mark pandemic milestone with a call to prayer
THE Archbishops of Canterbury and York have invited the British people to pause each evening from the start of next month to “reflect on the enormity of this pandemic”, and to pray. In an open letter to the nation, issued on Tuesday, the Archbisho...

Lord Carey’s PTO reinstated
LORD CAREY, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, has had his Permission to Officiate (PTO) restored, the diocese of Oxford announced on Monday afternoon. Lord Carey’s PTO was withdrawn in June last year (News, 19 June 2020) over an allegation that e...

Schools call for clarity about reopening
THE Government is under increasing pressure from all sides to set out a national emergency response to the impact of the pandemic on schoolchildren. There are also requests for some kind of timetable for when schools could expect to reopen to all ...

Church Commissioners sell stake in BP
THE Church Commissioners have sold their estimated multi-million-pound stake in the oil giant BP, it was confirmed on Monday. The sale, which was first reported in The Sunday Times this week, happened in February last year. The Church Times unders...