With friends at Lambeth Palace ready to go across together to @wabbey for King Charles III & Queen Camilla coronation. Huge honour to be Bishop Assistant to the King
Paul Butler
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Paul Butler
@BishopPaulB
Husband,Dad, Grandad, retired bishop in C of E. Love visiting Africa
Newark on Trent
Joined February 2010
- There will be those in Durham who defend #Boris for his standing by #DominicCummngs. But most who have worked so hard to abide by the rules and guidance of the past weeks will feel hurt, angry, & let down. Trust has been broken. For the nation’s sake rebuild it quickly.
- Celebrating with @tremlett_andrew and @maggidawn as they marry and commit their lives together serving their Lord Jesus @durhamcathedral
- 26 of us are members of the House of Lords which therefore obliges us to engage in politics. We do so on a non party political basis - we both support and critique views of all parties. This is politics - but then Jesus stood for good news for the poor, released for the oppressed
- I am grateful for a quieter day today - oh how much more King Charles needs one. He has had to work so hard - all in the public eye - whilst handling personal grief. He is a fellow human loved by God above all else. May he know the presence of God comforting him.
- Please restore Overseas Development Aid budget to 0.7% - funded by decreasing nuclear Arsenal not increasing it. This is a better way to uphold world peace. #ODA #nuclearweapons
- #TwoChildLimit So my Private Members Bill to remove this limit which pushes many families into poverty (the majority being working families) has passed in the Lords. It now goes to Commons for debate.
- On train to London to present my Private Members Bill on #TwoChildLimit. A policy that is driving more and more children and their families into poverty. It needs to go.
- 8 years today since I legally became Bishop of Durham so now in my ‘9th year of translation’
- Headteachers and school staff have been amazing these past months. They deserve our thanks and praise. They need a rest and chance to be with the ones they love without having to do extra work over Christmas. Emotional, mental & social health matter too
- The proposed ‘offshoring’ of Asylum seekers to #Rwanda is wrong in so many ways. Why did both Governments agree to announcing this during the week in which Rwanda has #GenocideMemorial?
- Back to Parliament for first time since recess. Cost of living, education and how we treat asylum seekers and refugees top of the agenda. There must always be a concern for justice and care for the most vulnerable. ‘Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.’
