that was sophia smith galer and i'm joined online now by the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. a great pleasure to be with you. i am very happy to be here. we just talked about some of the new, online tools and services that the church is providing. how do you think they will benefit people? you will have seen and i know you have seen, churches using live—streaming, which is having a huge impact. there was a service a couple of weeks ago that reached 12 million people —10—times our normal number of total church attendance. it is remarkable. you couldn't begin to do that in the past, the best you could have was a nationally televised service. here, you can have everything from a nationally televised service to something that is just relevant to your village, town, your city — you're part of the world. or you canjoin in something from anywhere in the world. we had comments from something i did online, i won't say from where, but a country where it's very difficult to be a christian in public. you're not allowed to worship or own yourfa

that was sophia smith galer and i'm joined online now by the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. a great pleasure to be with you. i am very happy to be here. we just talked about some of the new, online tools and services that the church is providing. how do you think they will benefit people? you will have seen and i know you have seen, churches using live—streaming, which is having a huge impact. there was a service a couple of weeks ago that reached 12 million people —10—times our normal number of total church attendance. it is remarkable. you couldn't begin to do that in the past, the best you could have was a nationally televised service. here, you can have everything from a nationally televised service to something that is just relevant to your village, town, your city — you're part of the world. or you canjoin in something from anywhere in the world. we had comments from something i did online, i won't say from where, but a country where it's very difficult to be a christian in public. you're not allowed to worship or own yourfa

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchentually deserted st peter‘s basilica, as our religion editor, martin bashir, reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. translation: this is not a time for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst—hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer live—streamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after so much suffering... the leader of the anglican church,

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchenope francis held the traditional easter vigil, in a virtually deserted st peter's basilica, as our religion editor, martin bashir, reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. translation: this is not a time for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst—hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer live—streamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after s

justin welby, archbishop of canterbury, thank you so much for your time. music is a lot more than just a collection of notes. packed with creativity and emotion, it seems like something only humans could make. but that could be about to change. i have been meeting musicians around the world who are embracing the machine, and i started at imogen heap‘s house. so we have been lucky enough to be invited to image and's studio just outside of london. this is a place where what many of her hits you might recognise, and also the music for the harry potter stage show, were created or worked on. and now it is being used to create something a little bit different. imogen sings. imaging has been working with artificial intelligence researcher tom collins. many of the underlying parts of this experimental, unreleased track were generated automatically by his ai algorithm. we are the shadows behind the shadow. i thought that was the ai in everything. no, i love it. i love the challenge of this is going to be different. it has generated a song i never would have written

that was sophia smith galer and i'm joined online now by the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby. mpact. there was a service a couple of weeks ago that reached 12 million people —10—times our normal number of total church attendance. it is remarkable. you couldn't begin to do that in the past, the best you could have was a nationally televised service. here, you can have everything from a nationally televised service to something that is just relevant to your village, town, your city — you're part of the world. or you canjoin in something from anywhere in the world. we had comments from something i did online, i won't say from where, but a country where it's very difficult to be a christian in public. you're not allowed to worship or own yourfaith in public. they had a message saying, i haven't been able to go to church but i've justjoined in a service with the archbishop of canterbury. there's a cloud to every silver lining but i think it was the service that mattered. and so technology is transforming the reach, the ability to comfort, console and encourage. it is a time of sever

justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury. thanks so much for your time. it for the short cut of this rather unusual programme but i think we pulled it off, didn't we?” unusual programme but i think we pulled it off, didn't we? i hope so. the full—length version can be found on the bbc iplayer. as ever, you can keep track of what the team are looking up. we are a little less out and about than usual. 0n looking up. we are a little less out and about than usual. on facebook, instagram, youtube and twitter at bbc click. thank you very much for watching and if it's all right if you, we will see you again soon. stay safe, stay well.

kitchen of our home on easter day the archbishop of canterbury as you've never seen him before justin welby broadcast easter sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table as an impromptu altar. of the church of england rules announced some clergy to record all live streaming services in church empty of course juliet now plays for us christ the lord is risen today others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private living spaces sharing contributions from parishioners confined to their homes to sophie what was it like for you delivering the easter sunday service from your front room me personally there was a little bit of a heartache that i couldn't be in the church and then i couldn't be with our community but also that sense of hope that actually in what we were doing this morning meant that we could bring people together and we could offer them what the hope is of easter this is the church where the reverend sophie sure brewer would in ordinary times have presided over the easter sunday service it's so and martin's in kensal rise and it's a

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, invited everyone tojoin him in praying for borisjohnson and" from the prime minister when she last spoke to him. theresa mayjoined herfellow mps, tweeting that "her thoughts and prayers are with borisjohnson and his family as he continues to receive treatment in hospital." across the political divide, the newly appointed labour leader, keir starmer said "all the country‘s thoughts are with the prime minister." and the first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon says she is sending him "every good wish". messages of support for the prime minister have been echoed across europe. irish taoiseach, leo varadkar said borisjohnson is in his thoughts, tweeting "we wish him a speedy recovery and a rapid return to health." french president emmanuel macron said he is sending his support to the british people at this difficult moment, and german chancellor angela merkel wished borisjohnson "much strength and a speedy recovery." as we‘ve heard, the foreign secretary and first secretary of state, dominic raab will deputise for borisjohnson ‘where necessary‘.

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, invited everyone tojoin him in praying for borisjohnson ands. the former uk home secretary, amber rudd shared her support, saying she received a "light hearted and positive response" from the prime minister when she last spoke to him. theresa mayjoined herfellow mps, tweeting that her "thoughts and prayers are with borisjohnson and his family as he continues to receive treatment in hospital." across the political divide, the newly appointed labour leader, keir starmer said "all the country's thoughts are with the prime minister," and first minister nicola sturgeon says she is sending him "every good wish." in a moment we'll speak to our political correspondent helen catt in downing street. first, let's hearfrom john mcmanus, who is outside st thomas‘s hospital in central london. john, it's early. we know you went into intensive care last night. saint thomas has to intensive care units in last night at seven o'clock, the prime minister was given oxygen and given one of those units, so he could be close to a ventilator if needed because if mr jo

of our home on easter day we watch bishop of can to bring out as you've never seen him before justin welby broadcast the easter sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table is an impromptu altar. of a. church of england rules amount some clergy to record all live streaming services in church empty of course juliet now plays for us christ the lord is risen today others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private living spaces sharing contributions from parishioners confined to their hopes to. sophie what was it like for you delivering the easter sunday service from your front room to me personally there was a little bit of a heartache that i couldn't be in the church and that i couldn't be with our community but also that sense of hope that actually in what we were doing this morning meant that we could bring people together and we could offer them what the hope is of easter this is the church where the reverend sophie schul brewer would in ordinary times have presided over the easter sunday service it's so martin's in kensal rise and it's

access to them or have resorted to their front rooms and kitchens as the archbishop of canterbury justin welby did earlier today broadcasting from his kitchen in lambeth palace using his dining table as an impromptu altar and the queen of course the supreme governor of the church of england has had an important message to put out she has broadcast for the 2nd time during this crisis a message of reassurance to britons this time an ordeal message for easter saying easter is not cancelled and in fact the central theme she said of new hope and fresh purpose is more important than ever and remember peter it's not just the christian faith that is having to adapt and improvise at this time this is a. month when there are very important festivals for some of the other major religions ramadan later this month for muslims it's passover of course for the jewish faith this week as well and the sikh festival of ice hockey begins on monday in all of these cases the temples are empty the synagogues are empty the mosques are empty covered 9000 has altered every aspect of life and religious life is no excepti

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchen an almost deserted st peter's basilica, as our religion editor martin bashir reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message, in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. translation: this is not a time for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer live streamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after so much suffering... the leader of the anglican churc