BBC News
Newspaper headlines: Blue passport row and ‘classroom violence’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-43623705
BBC News
NI paper review: Police attack and victims forum row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-43625663
Journal.ie
Minister orders full review of sex education in Irish schools
Richard Bruton is due to address the annual conference of the ASTI teachers’ union this morning.
http://www.thejournal.ie/consent-schools-3936874-Apr2018/
ITV/Journal.ie
Coverage following the death of Winnie Mandela. The Archbishop of York is quoted.
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-04-02/winnie-mandela-former-wife-of-nelson-mandela-dies-in-south-africa/
http://www.thejournal.ie/winnie-mandela-dies-rip-3936501-Apr2018/
Observer (Sun)
Interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/01/justin-welby-interview-reimagining-britain-archbishop-of-canterbury
Catholic Herald
Christ’s Resurrection is the true hope of the world, says Pope
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/04/01/christs-resurrection-is-the-true-hope-of-the-world-says-pope/?platform=hootsuite
BBC/Evening Standard/Telegraph/Church Times
Reports of Easter messages and sermons by bishops. Several reports highlight reflections on the aftermath of the Salisbury nerve agent attack.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-43612396
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/01/welby-tells-finding-faith-first-time-pm-others-release-easter/
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/russian-spy-poisoning-violated-city-says-bishop-of-salisbury-in-easter-message-a3803651.html
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/29-march/news/uk/bishops-easter-sermons-salisbury-skripal-poisoning-john-le-carre-novel
Yorks Post
Report on the Archbishop of York’s Easter Day sermonhttps://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/archbishop-s-message-of-hope-and-joy-for-minster-s-easter-services-1-9093887
Times (Sat)
Report on joint letter signed by 15 Church of England bishops calling on the public to play an active part in observing and reporting possible signs of slavery in communities. It comes ahead of a campaign planned later this year by the Clewer Initiative, the Church of England’s anti-slavery initiative, to uncover exploitation in the car wash industry. (See also News from the Church of England above)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/church-asks-worshippers-to-report-signs-of-modern-slavery-df5lgmcsh
The letter appeared here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-pope-s-suggestion-that-hell-does-not-exist-0kd37vxfd
BBC Radio 4 You and Yours
Special programme on debt featuring the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Just Finance Foundation (JFF). The programme carries interviews with the headteacher, children and parents at the Northumberland Church of England Academy Josephine Butler Primary Campus in Ashington, Northumberland, where the LifeSavers programme of financial education, an initiative of the JFF, is underway.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09xcs9p(at around 18:33)
Express
Coverage of a study suggesting a decline in numbers of church organists. Richard Hubbard, music development director for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, is quoted
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/940448/Organists-church-replaced-taped-music-shortage-musicians
Metro
Article on the history of pilgrimages.
http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/02/what-is-a-pilgrim-and-where-do-people-go-on-pilgrimages-7433349/
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