St Mary’s Weekly News 24th November 2019

November 22, 2019 in Newsletters

Listen to people on the margins, Welby pleads
PEOPLE on the margins should be placed at the centre of political life by the new Parliament, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. In a statement published on social media on Friday afternoon, Archbishop Welby said that he would be praying “that...
Be a force for unity despite election landslide, bishops tell PM
THE Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, should seek to address the country’s “formidable challenges” in a way that will “unify, not divide”, the Bishop in Europe, Dr Robert Innes, has said. He was speaking after Thursday’s General Election, in which th...
UK news in brief
Oil firms abuse human rights, says Dr Sentamu OIL companies in the Niger Delta are “callously flouting fundamental human rights” by spilling gallons of oil, despite having endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Arch...
World news in brief
Pope calls for prayer to end Ukrainian conflict THE Pope called for people to join him in praying for talks between Russia and Ukraine, which, he said, intended to “seek solutions to the painful conflict that has been going on for years in eastern...