Spread hope, says Pope in Easter message from lockdown
In his Ubri et Orbi message on Easter Sunday, the Pope said that the coronavirus pandemic was "severely testing our whole human family".
In his Ubri et Orbi message on Easter Sunday, the Pope said that the coronavirus pandemic was "severely testing our whole human family".
Speaking of the power of hope to give courage and "nourish our minds in dark times", the Archbishop urged people to see beyond the pandemic and dream of what the nation's common life might look like in the future.
In an unprecedented Easter Sunday, millions of Christians worldwide are marking the holy day by tuning in to digital church services from their homes.
The nation will recover and "life will get better", Church leaders said in a Good Friday message.
The Archbishop of Canterbury said the message "Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives" was a "very ethical message".
The Diocese of London has asked certain clergy who were still able to livestream services from their buildings to stop for the time being.
Church Mission Society said the project, for people to share their grief in words and pictures during the coronavirus pandemic, had taken off in ways it never expected.
The court said that the "evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof".
British and Irish Church leaders have issued a joint call to Christians across the denominations to pray during Holy Week for all those suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
In lieu of traditional processions and services at church, millions of Christians around the world are marking Palm Sunday at home under lockdown due to coronavirus.
A lessons learnt review into allegations of spiritual abuse against retired Church of England priest Jonathan Fletcher is continuing in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury and major Church denominations are joining in saying the Lord's Prayer at 11am on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The change to the guidance means that even priests cannot enter their buildings to say prayers or livestream services and will now have to broadcast these from home.