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Stressing times

14th April 2022 By GerryBurke

What the papers said in the week ending 9 April 2022

Faith and religious stories have achieved unusual prominence in this week of continued war a stress:

The Russian Orthodox Church is criticised for its support of the regime seeking to take over Ukraine: Patriarch Kirill has betrayed the Christian faith | Letters | The Guardian

  • The Guardian view on the Russian Orthodox Church: betrayed by Putin’s patriarch | Editorial | The Guardian

A quarrel about the use or non-use of leavened bread has political consequences: Israel’s Naftali Bennett loses majority after MP quits coalition | Israel | The Guardian

A megachurch faces the courts: Brand or church? How Hillsong is facing a day of reckoning | Hillsong Church | The Guardian

And a gaudy makeover transforms 600 years of austerity: ‘Discordant’: unauthorised chapel revamp lands Spanish artist in trouble | Spain | The Guardian

Easter is being reframed as another party time: Bounce in Easter retail as trend for seasonal decorations grows | Easter | The Guardian

The shared messages of Ramadan are commended From curbing consumerism to caring for others, Ramadan has lessons for us all | Nadeine Asbali | The Guardian

Other reports detail actions and consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

  • Massacre of innocents’: how the papers covered Russia’s atrocities in Bucha | Ukraine | The Guardian
  • Evacuees lie dead at Kramatorsk train station after Russian missile strike – video | World news | The Guardian
  • The UK’s failings in helping refugees to come to safety continue to attract dismay: ‘Homes for Ukraine’ is just a slogan – as I found out by trying to welcome a refugee | Rafael Behr | The Guardian
  • A cruel system that keeps refugees trapped in limbo | Letters | The Guardian
  • Priti Patel apologises for low number of Ukraine refugees arriving in UK | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

Decisions on how to harness energy whilst avoiding contamination of the environment are raising passions and suspicion:

  • Boris Johnson blows cold on onshore wind faced with 100-plus rebel MPs | Wind power | The Guardian
  • PM to put nuclear power at heart of UK’s energy strategy | Energy | The Guardian
  • Johnson’s political cowardice applies brake to cheap energy as he bets on nuclear | Nils Pratley | The Guardian

Covid remains with us in the UK and world-wide with worst consequences for poorer people and older people:

  • UK Covid symptoms list expanded with nine more signs of illness | Coronavirus | The Guardian
  • Covid had devastating toll on poor and low-income communities in US | Coronavirus | The Guardian
  • Covid deaths in England may rise as cases in over-55s increase | Coronavirus | The Guardian
  • As Britain learns to live with Covid, it faces a new pandemic of disruption | Coronavirus | The Guardian

The failings in some parts of the NHS surely call for a review and revision of what is being done, but are not an argument for privatisation but better funding and organisation:

  • Repeated maternity failings uncovered in Sheffield NHS trust | NHS | The Guardian
  • More than a third of British cancer patients are diagnosed in A&E | Cancer | The Guardian
  • Fatal gaps in NHS mental health services and cancer care | Letters | The Guardian

The proposal to sell Channel 4 is being challenged: Channel 4: the 40-year countdown to privatisation | Channel 4 | The Guardian

  • We, the public, own Channel 4. And this sell-off isn’t a done deal | Armando Iannucci | The Guardian

The position and privilege of the super-rich is identified and there are arguments for more equal treatment: Rishi Sunak’s wife claims non-domicile status | Rishi Sunak | The Guardian

  • Who are the daughters of Vladimir Putin facing US sanctions? | Vladimir Putin | The Guardian
  • UK’s top 0.1% earners have annual income of over half a million, says IFS | Business | The Guardian
  • Tax the rich: these one percenters want people like them to pay higher taxes | US income inequality | The Guardian

Michael Marmot views the consequences of growing inequality with fear: Studying health inequalities has been my life’s work. What’s about to happen in the UK is unprecedented | Michael Marmot | The Guardian

Some advances:

More is learned about the genetic basis of Alzheimer’s disease: Alzheimer’s study finds 42 more genes linked to higher risk of disease | Alzheimer’s | The Guardian

A blood test helps identify those at risk of stroke or heart attack: New blood test predicts risk of heart attack and stroke with twice previous accuracy | Heart attack | The Guardian

Advice on girth can lead to better health and longer life: Keeping waist measurement less than half your height ‘is good for your health’ | East London and West Essex Guardian Series (guardian-series.co.uk)

And there are other good things:

  • Annual bird count in UK gardens raises hopes for greenfinch | RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch | The Guardian
  • Le Monde launches digital English language edition, partly translated by AI | Le Monde | The Guardian
  • English Heritage brings Roman town’s lost Edwardian navvies to life | Roman Britain | The Guardian
  • Lost portrait of black actor and rights campaigner Paul Robeson to go on show | Paul Robeson | The Guardian

We remember the life of Mimi Reinhardt Woman who drew up Schindler’s lists during Holocaust dies at 107 | Second world war | The Guardian

David Jolley, Chair of  Christians on Ageing, prepared this summary in a personal capacity

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There are some things which just have to be said.  We have to speak out because at the heart of the Christian message is our belief that God is not silent.  God has spoken through creation itself and the evolving universe; through the human story; through the dwelling of Jesus Christ in time; through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Church and in each believer; through the inspiration of the scriptures; and through the wisdom and the teaching of the Church through the ages.

We use words all the time.  Words of welcome.  Words of wisdom.  Words of warmth.  Words of warning.  Words of wistfulness.  Our words are wasted if words are just words.   In the beginning was the Word.  And the Word was with God.  And the Word was God.  Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him.   The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Word made things happen.

As Christians, as followers of the Word, we do something about what we have heard.  Our own best words are our actions.

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