At least that is how the headline should read.
Challenging the cause of poverty would mean downsizing government which translates into more say over economic decisions and a return to individual sovereignty based upon the enlightenment. A handful of utopian geniuses in government can never make up for the vast wealth of knowledge and experience in the private sector.
Also, if the Bishop of Canterbury really wants to make a difference, he better name the ideology that is responsible for Arabs butchering Christians throughout the Muslim world. Saying it was the work of ”Islamists” is like saying the genocide of Jews was the work of Germans, with not a mention of National Socialism.
Archbishop of Canterbury to use first Christmas Day sermon to highlight ‘injustices’ facing Britain’s poor and victims of conflicts around the world
- Justin Welby will call on Christians to ‘challenge the causes of poverty’
- He will condemn treatment of Christian communities in the Middle East
By WILLIAM TURVILL
PUBLISHED: 00:00 GMT, 25 December 2013 | UPDATED: 00:00 GMT, 25 December 2013
Justin Welby will use his first Christmas Day sermon as Archbishop of Canterbury to highlight ‘injustices’ facing the poor and conflict victims across the world
The Most Rev Justin Welby will highlight the ‘injustices’ facing Britain’s poor and victims of conflicts around the world today in his first Christmas Day sermon as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Mr Welby will call on Christians to ‘challenge the causes of poverty’, despite signs of an economic recovery in the UK, when he addresses the congregation at Canterbury Cathedral today.
Mr Welby, who was enthroned as leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican community in March, will condemn the treatment of Christian communities in the Middle East who are being ‘attacked and massacred’ and the ongoing suffering in South Sudan.
‘We see injustice in the ever more seriously threatened Christian communities of the Middle East,’ he will say.
‘They are attacked and massacred, driven into exile from a region in which their presence has always been essential.
‘We see terrible news in South Sudan, where political ambitions have led towards ethnic conflict. On Saturday I was speaking to a bishop under siege, in a compound full of the dying.
‘We see injustices at home,’ he will add.
‘Even in a recovering economy, Christians, the servants of a vulnerable and poor saviour, need to act to serve and love the poor; they need also to challenge the causes of poverty.’
