Newspaper headlines: Brexit passports and police 999 calls
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs/the_papers
DUP Leader Foster Talks Transition Agreement, Fisheries and Border with Ireland
Donald Tusk upbeat on prospect of Irish border deal
The president of the European Council says he is “absolutely confident” a hard border in Ireland could be avoided.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43493405
Ian Paisley calls for apology from RHI chair over ‘intimidating’ phone call
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ian-paisley-calls-for-apology-from-rhi-chair-over-intimidating-phone-call-36730619.html
Bill to allow cut in MLAs’ pay clears Commons
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/bill-to-allow-cut-in-mlas-pay-clears-commons-1-8426191
Appeals for Pope to cross border on Irish visit
http://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/03/22/news/appeals-for-pope-to-cross-border-on-irish-visit-1285025/
Pope Francis will not be visiting Northern Ireland this summer
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he will make the first papal trip to Ireland in nearly 40 years, visiting Dublin August 25th and 26th for a Church meeting on families. The brevity of the visit means it is unlikely he will make any trip to Northern Ireland or anywhere outside the capital.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/pope-francis-will-not-be-visiting-northern-ireland-this-summer-36730730.html
Abuse scandal makes NI papal trip ‘highly unlikely’
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/abuse-scandal-makes-ni-papal-trip-highly-unlikely-1-8426174
Sinn Fein ‘ignoring’ result of consultation over bus signs in Irish
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/sinn-fein-ignoring-result-of-consultation-over-bus-signs-in-irish-36726647.html
Martin McGuinness built the institutions up, then brought them crashing down … but the truth is, without him, unionism has a problem
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-analysis/martin-mcguinness-built-the-institutions-up-then-brought-them-crashing-down-but-the-truth-is-without-him-unionism-has-a-problem-36725489.html
We mothers of children with Down’s syndrome know something the experts never will
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2016/10/06/we-mothers-of-children-with-downs-syndrome-know-something-the-experts-never-will/
Reports on comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury at yesterday’s IICSA hearing (third week of evidence about the Anglican Church in England and Wales focusing on the diocese of Chichester as a case study)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43485422
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/justin-welby-child-sexual-abusers-never-trusted-again
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/21/justin-welby-have-learned-ashamed-church-england/
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/23-march/news/uk/i-am-ashamed-of-the-church-archbishop-of-canterbury-justin-welby-admits-to-iicsa
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8767/archbishop-welby-appalled-and-ashamed-of-church-of-england
Further coverage of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s foreword to a report by the charity, Christians Against Poverty (CAP). The Archbishop is quoted: “The scale of problem debt in our country is at epidemic levels.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/problem-debt-epidemic-levels-helps-12224220
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-debt-levels-archbishop-of-canterbury-credit-cards-cap-a8266131.html
http://www.credit-connect.co.uk/headline/cap-report-highlights-poverty-anxiety/
News items on contactless payments for fees and one-off donations for churches and cathedrals. Vicar of Christ Church, East Greenwich, Rev Margaret Cave, whose church was part of the national trial, is interviewed by BBC Breakfast.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09w7mnm/breakfast-21032018
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/21/technology/church-of-england-cashless-collection-card-payments/index.html
https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/church-of-england-offers-contactless-donation-terminals-across-its-network.html
Press Association report on ruling expected to be delivered today on legal challenge at the Court at Appeal brought by Canon Jeremy Pemberton.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5530049/Gay-priest-learn-outcome-legal-challenge-discrimination-claim.html
Coverage of report, Europe’s Young Adults and Religion, a collaboration between St Mary’s University in London and the Catholic University of Paris, on the religious views of people aged 16 to 29 across Europe. The figures suggest that 70% of young British people have no religion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43485581
News articles on the fall in visitors to Salisbury in the aftermath of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Dr Robert Titley, Canon Treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral, is quoted in the Telegraph article.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/21/victims-crime-salisburys-traders-struggling-attract-visitors/
http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/21/support-salisbury-8-reasons-visit-market-town-spy-attack-7404437/
Article on Easter
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/easter-2018-when-meaning-date-uk-good-friday-sunday-weekend-bank-holidays-eggs-a8266901.html
St Francis and clergy abuse: What the saint teaches the church about suffering – David Walker, Bishop of Manchester.
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/st.francis.and.clergy.abuse.what.the.saint.teaches.the.church.about.suffering/127602.htm
Karen Rowlingson: Poor people are being penalised for borrowing money to make ends meet.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/poverty-uk-money-debt-borrowing-regualtors-credit-banking-poor-people-households-a8266261.html
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