Religion news 18 February 2025

Pope Francis extends hospital stay due to ‘complex clinical picture’; Nominee for Bishop of Durham withdraws from process; Antisemitic incidents in 2024 second highest annual total; World’s first openly gay imam shot dead in South Africa
Religion news 17 February 2025

Pope is stable in hospital receiving treatment for bronchitis; JD Vance: ‘Basic liberties of religious Britons’ under threat; Hope and caution surround the ‘Reconciliation Accords’; Report says Jewish schools need radical intervention