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How the Pope’s words 10 years ago challenge & changed us

Ten years ago this month, Pope Francis announced that he wanted “a church that is poor, and for the poor”. https://youtu.be/FcF_Zod21Ac A poor church, for the poor. Those words, issued during his first address to the media after his election

Budget 2023: Speaking Truth To Power reaction

The 2023 Budget was a divisive ‘us and them’ one, our panel members feel. Members of the Speaking Truth To Power national panel met on Wednesday to watch the 2023 Budget and to discuss what it means. Afterwards, the panel’s

Budget 2023: a precious chance to bridge the rich-poor divide

This week’s Budget must bridge the rich-poor gulf, and start addressing the causes of poverty, say people with direct experience of UK poverty This week’s Budget statement is a precious chance to bridge the rich-poor divide and to enable opportunities

What does it mean to be a church on the margins?

In this excerpt from our new report, Deirdre Brower Latz shares some of what she learned in three years talking to churches in communities pushed to the ‘margins’ in Greater Manchester. Poverty and marginalisation are a reality in the UK