Without clarity of accountability, process, and management, the people who are Christ’s body on earth do not fall through the cracks in the system: they free-fall into voids. The longer we take to address all of this, the more people we will continue to fail, hurt, and damage the people who serve the Church and the people the Church is here to serve

Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, article on Church Times website, 10 February

There are some things that ChatGPT can’t answer. Like, what is your purpose? Why are we here? We have TikTok, Google, Instagram and AI at our fingertips. I could search anything. But there are more big questions than the internet has answers for. People are realising that maybe they can find them in God

Emily Beaney, quoted in an article on Gen Z’s beliefs, The Times, 12 February

Lots of MPs voted for the [assisted-dying] bill at 2nd reading in the expectation that there would be stronger safeguards added at committee stage . . . and yet we now see that even the weak safeguards that existed, are being dropped

Tim Farron, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, X, 10 February

Looks like the slope isn’t just slippery but literally made entirely of WD-40

Fergus Butler-Gallie, parish priest, X, 10 February, in response to a story that assisted dying cases would no longer have to be signed off by a High Court judge, if Kim Leadbeater’s Bill becomes law

If we want to save our nation’s heritage, and keep tourists coming, the Government must come up with a plan to see these buildings properly funded, so they will be there for future generations

Philip Rutnam, Chair, National Churches Trust, letter in The Guardian, 8 February

Grenfell Tower is at present the only memorial to those who died. It will need to come down someday but it would easier if we knew what would replace it. The [Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission] has an important job to ensure a fitting memory of such a tragedy

Graham Tomlin, former Bishop of Kensington, X, 7 February

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