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UNITED STAND IS TAKEN ON ANTI-SEMITISM The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz should be used ‘to come before God in worship, conscious of our need for forgiveness, but committed to action that would seek the common flourishing of all’, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. In a statement… in advance of Holocaust Memorial Day… Archbishop Welby said: ‘The Holocaust, the Shoah, remains a unique stain on the history of Europe, and a chilling reminder to me of how millennia of Christian anti-Jewish hatred could provide a seedbed for such evil.’ The Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) has released a prayer for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day. It was launched at an event in the House of Lords… The chair of the CCJ, the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, said: ‘Through prayer, we will be asking Christians to remember the pains of the past, and to recommit to a better future for all people, and in particular to commit themselves to combating anti-Semitism, which is a scourge in our society, and our world.’ The chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Olivia MarksWoldman, said: ‘This year, we reflect on the theme Stand Together. In the run-up to the Holocaust, and in each subsequent genocide, perpetrators took deliberate steps to stop their designated victims living, studying and working alongside their neighbours… We need to show solidarity to others.’ Church Times
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UNIVERSAL CREDIT ‘SENDING PEOPLE INTO ARMS OF LOAN SHARKS’
SEX AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TO BE COMPULSORY IN WALES
Universal credit fuels debt problems for low-income claimants, forcing many into destitution and driving others to loan sharks to get cash for basics such as food, clothes and heating, a leading charity has claimed. StepChange, the UK’s largest debt charity, said problems relating to universal credit’s design – in particular the five-week wait for a first benefit payment – made it harder for its financially vulnerable clients to manage their money. It called for significant changes to the design of universal credit to make it fairer, more flexible and generous for the very poorest claimants, nearly half of whom had taken out loans to pay for basic living essentials over the past year.
Parents will no longer have the right to withdraw children from lessons about relationships, sexuality and religion, the Welsh government has confirmed. Education Minister Kirsty Williams said the move would be tested next year before becoming statutory when the new curriculum is launched in 2022… HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust tweeted it was ‘great news for young people in Wales’, adding: ‘RSE lessons will give pupils skills for life and no one should stand in the way of this.’ But Humanists UK, which campaigns for a secular state, said it was ‘particularly concerned about the scrapping of the right to withdraw from RE in faith schools, because such schools will still be able to teach the subject from a faith-based perspective’.
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND INVESTS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR NEW PRIESTS People training for the priesthood in the Church of England are set to benefit from financial help to learn about the link between science and faith. As part of the multimillion pound project called Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science, grants will be made available to support those training… to learn about everything from artificial intelligence to attitudes towards science and faith within the church and wider society. Under the new plans, the Church of England will also be investing further in conferences to educate senior church leaders and clergy in areas of scientific interest… The Archbishop of Canterbury… said: ‘I am delighted that this project is... promoting the significance of healthy and informed engagement with science to church leaders of all levels.’ Christian Today
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