Legalising assisted dying a ‘slippery slope’, says archbishop of Canterbury | Assisted dying
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that legalizing assisted dying is dangerous and risks turning the right to die into an obligation. His intervention came before a private member's bill aimed at providing options at the end of life was formally introduced in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Justin Welby speaking on BBC Newsnight […]
Far right ‘unchristian’, says archbishop of Canterbury as he condemns riots | Far right
The Archbishop of Canterbury said far-right groups were “un-Christian” and that their use of Christian imagery in this summer’s riots was “outrageous”. Writing in the Guardian, MP Justin Welby condemned the violent unrest as “racist”, “anti-Muslim, anti-refugee and anti-asylum seeker”. His intervention came after a week of violent unrest which began with the mass stabbing […]