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Top church cleric criticises UK plan to send migrants to Rwanda

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda goes against God.

Al Jazeera

‘The darkness of war’: Ukraine crisis dominates leaders’ Easter messages

Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer and archbishop of Canterbury join Pope Francis in referring to war in speeches

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg defends Rwanda plans after Archbishop says they 'oppose nature of God'

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addressed the controversial immigration plans in his Easter Sunday sermon

Manchester Evening News

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Archbishop has misunderstood aims of Rwanda migrants policy – Rees-Mogg

The Cabinet minister suggested people are ‘supporting organised crime’ in crossing the Channel in small boats.

The Independent UK

Home Office chief questions whether Rwanda plan will deter asylum seekers

Matthew Rycroft says that without evidence to justify the plan he cannot be sure it provides value for money

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP accuses archbishop of ‘wanting to live with law-breaking’ after Rwanda asylum criticism

Justin Welby says there are ‘serious ethical questions about sending asylum seekers overseas’

The Independent UK

Pope Makes Easter Plea for Ukraine Peace, Cites Nuclear Risk

On what is supposed to be Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the “senseless” war in Ukraine and in other armed conflicts raging in the world, and cited the “troubling” risk of nuclear warfare. “May there be peace for war-torn Ukraine,…

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Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Britain's Rwanda asylum plan

The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned a British plan to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, saying the policy did not stand "the judgment of God".

Reuters

Pope leads crowds in 1st outdoor Easter Mass since pandemic

Pope Francis is celebrating Easter Sunday Mass for the public in St. Peter's Square for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Archbishop Justin Welby says Rwanda asylum plan ‘cannot stand God’s judgment’ in damning Easter sermon

Justin Welby used his Easter Sunday sermon to say there are ‘serious ethical questions’ about the scheme.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel was warned evidence behind Rwanda plan ‘highly uncertain’, as Home Office concerns made public

‘Evidence of a deterrent effect is highly uncertain and cannot be quantified with sufficient certainty,’ Home Office permanent secretary says

The Independent UK

Archbishop criticises Rwanda policy as senior civil servant’s concerns published

Justin Welby used his Easter Sunday sermon to say there are ‘serious ethical questions’ about the scheme.

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury condemns ‘ungodly’ Rwanda migrants plan

Justin Welby says the Rwanda plan is ‘the opposite of the nature of God’

Evening Standard

Home Office quietly publishes top official's Rwanda refugees warning to Priti Patel

Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a rare 'ministerial direction' for the Rwanda plan to go ahead after official Matthew Rycroft said he couldn't get 'sufficient evidence' it will deter Channel crossings

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Archbishop of Canterbury blasts Boris Johnson's 'ungodly' Rwanda refugees plan

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has staged a major intervention over Boris Johnson's plan to remove desperate refugees - saying 'sub-contracting out our responsibilities is the opposite of the nature of God'

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda plan is ‘against the judgment of God’, says archbishop of Canterbury

Leader of the Church of England attacks asylum scheme as charities stress that children could be among those shipped to Africa

The Independent UK

‘Opposite of nature of God’: Archbishop of Canterbury to condemn UK’s Rwanda migrant plan in Easter sermon

Church of England’s most senior bishop accuses government of ‘sub-contracting our responsibilities’

Manchester Evening News

Rwanda plans which will see migrants given one-way ticket 'opposite of nature of God', Archbishop of Canterbury says

Critics have derided the plans

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The Guardian - UK

Justin Welby backs removal of slave trader memorial in Cambridge college

Archbishop of Canterbury says Church of England has long way to go on journey towards racial justice

The Independent UK

People of Ukraine remembered in churches on Palm Sunday

The Pope called for an Easter truce in his Palm Sunday Vatican service.

The Guardian - UK

I pray in vain for wisdom amid the platitudes of Thought for the Day

Was it too much to expect more than the usual anecdotes after Ukraine was invaded?

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury criticises delay in removing plaque in chapel linked to slavery

‘Why is it so much agony to remove a memorial to slavery’

The Independent UK

Queen ‘set example’ by sitting alone at Philip’s funeral, says archbishop

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby commended the monarch for showing ‘duty, leadership and character’.

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