Requisitioning the Christian faith to support nationalistic ideologies is unacceptable. Loving your neighbour is a fundamental teaching of the Christian faith; to misrepresent it is either ignorance or deception.
@JDVance@RoryStewartUK
“We knew before that Putin’s faith was fake but now we see it more clearly than ever,” she said. “Faith is not about kissing an icon. Faith is about goodness, about mercy, about salvation.”
Yulia Navalnaya
An open letter signed by 800 priests and members of the church described Navalny as “a man of faith”
This challenge to Putin about his alleged Russian Orthodox faith seems to have been the catalyst for the release of Navalny's body.
@thetimes
We mustn’t forget the other leading Russian dissident, Vladimir Kara-Murza, sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment last year. He’s a dual Russian/British citizen, a journalist who opposed the Ukraine War and criticised Putin. He could have stayed in London but returned to Russia.
@AndyFitchet In all fairness, she wasn’t actually in the chamber at the time. I’m not a fan but it seemed like political point scoring all round. If there was such an awareness for sensitivity there was no need to raise it in her presence.
@Baddiel@TheLights Really looking forward to these. So much so that my husband (who is not a fan of swear words 😂😂😂) is spending his birthday attending on one of these evenings - and another. 🤣🤣😆. He knows they’ll be great. 😀