All of us are specialists in crucifying others to save ourselves. Jesus, instead, allowed himself to be crucified, to teach us not to shift evil on to others

Pope Francis, Lent reflection, 1 March

Slashing support for Yemen not only puts us dangerously out of step with our allies, but we are consciously abandoning millions on the brink of starvation. Is this really what global Britain should be?

Sarah Champion MP, chair of the international development committee, The Guardian, 2 March

A well-known delaying tactic for any movement of change in the Church is the charge that we haven’t done the theology

Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, on Vision and Strategy work to General Synod members, 27 February

Is there anybody who doesn’t think that it’s a scandal that there are so many homeless people on our streets? But we’ve learned to live with it. We’ve learned to accommodate things that we know are wrong, which it would be possible to do something about

Stephen Cottrell, Observer interview, 28 February

Speaking to so many disabled people who were reliant on online church before the pandemic, how liberating it has been to be finally able to worship and minister with their local church online. Please keep your parish worship online going forwards

Tim Goode, Rector of St Margaret’s, Lee, disability adviser and member of the Archbishops’ Council, 27 February 

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