The Paralympic Games began on Wednesday evening with an opening ceremony in Paris. The games will feature some 4400 athletes, from a record 165 countries, plus athletes from the Refugee Paralympic Team and neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus.
Writing in Social Media, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he was praying that the games would “provide an inspiring example of nations coming together to celebrate the very best of human achievement; to champion what these dedicated athletes can do rather than what they cannot.
“Let the Paralympic Games be a reminder to everyone, including the Church, of the importance of creating an inclusive society where all people can live their fullest life”, he said.
Read the story in the Church Times here.
Picture above: Photograph of Australian Paralympian, Richard Colman at the London Games, 2012. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:070912_-_Richard_Colman_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics.jpg