Religious hate crime soars by 25 per cent in a year in England and Wales
10,484 religious hate crimes were reported to police in England and Wales, in year to March 2024, the highest number ever recorded
Explainer: Background to Assisted Dying Bill
Introduction to the definition and ethical debate over assisted dying, charting progress of campaigns to allow it across the UK
Briefing: The place of religion in the assisted dying debate
This briefing discussed the place of religion in the assisted dying debate, and shows there remains entrenched opposition, including from bishops
Catholics ashamed by clerical abuse have stopped going to mass
A third of previously regular Catholic mass goers have stopped attending because of clerical abuse scandal
Religion news 10 October 2024
Failure to allow women deacons “negates the whole idea” of the synod in Rome; Bishop challenges CofE growth strategy; Muslim health care professionals in Scotland oppose assisted dying; Holocaust survivor dies aged 100