When climate change protestors returned to the streets of London this week, members of a group of ecumenical Christians – Christian Climate Action – was among those arrested. Photographer SEAN HAWKEY, working for the World Council of Churches, captured these images…
When climate change protestors returned to the streets of London this week, members of a group of ecumenical Christians – Christian Climate Action – was among some 160 people arrested. Photographer SEAN HAWKEY, working for the World Council of Churches, captured these images…
Christian Climate Action includes clergy and laity from the Church of England, Methodist Church and Roman Catholic Church. PICTURE: Sean Hawkey/WCC
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt Rev Dr Rowan Williams (right), joined a protest march and sat with a group in prayer and meditation in Parliament square. PICTURE: Sean Hawkey/WCC
Christians and Buddhists sat to pray and meditate in front of a cordon of police in Parliament Square during Extinction Rebellion demonstrations. PICTURE: Sean Hawkey/WCC
Taking part in the demonstrations, Church of England Rev Aaron Kennedy from St Mary’s, Battersea, said that “Christians ought to be standing up for God’s creation and for the welfare of future generations of human beings and other creatures”. PICTURE: Sean Hawkey/WCC
A group of participants in Christian Climate Action pray during a civil disobedience protest in Parliament Square in London. Several people in the photograph were later arrested. PICTURE: Sean Hawkey/WCC
Catholic priest Martin Newell is handcuffed and arrested during civil disobedience protests in Parliament Square. PICTURE: Sean Hawkey/WCC.