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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Harriet Sherwood

C of E prepares spiritual response to war as UK military warns of rising threat

Great Ayton church in Yorkshire on armistice day with war memorial and lots of poppies in the grounds
Great Ayton church in Yorkshire. Preparations include looking back to how senior religious figures have responded to earlier conflicts. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty

The Church of England is considering how it could offer spiritual comfort and leadership to a nation at war as the world faces mounting conflict.

Rev Hugh Nelson, the C of E’s bishop to the armed forces, said military personnel had been warning him for the past two years of their “rising concern about the threat of very, very serious conflict, including conflict that involves the UK”.

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