St Mary’s Weekly News 11th October 2020

October 9, 2020 in Newsletters

Kim Jong-un’s apology jeopardises his god-like status
WHILE the world continues to face the challenges of the “ghost disease”, as Covid-19 is known in North Korea, Kim Jong-un continues to attempt to demonstrate his strength. This was clearly seen in the display of weapons which was part of the milit...
Prioritise children to end hunger and poverty, Bishop of Durham urges after school-meals outcry
WHILE the Government should have voted to extend free school-meal vouchers for this half-term and for future holidays, this would have been only a “sticking-plaster solution to a longer-term and deeper problem” of child poverty, the Bishop of Durh...
Northern Anglican bishops warn of ‘disillusion and unrest’ as pandemic hits poorest hardest
THE Government must give financial aid to the poorest communities suffering disproportionately from the pandemic, or it risks the “disillusion and unrest” of a nation divided by wealth, the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of Manchester and Leed...
Extend free school meals to all families on Universal Credit, says Children’s Society
THE Children’s Society has suggested that 885,000 children are “going hungry” without free school meals and that the pandemic has “made the situation worse”. On Friday, the charity highlighted the results of a survey last month of 1002 parents of ...