Religion news headlines 2025

Hate crime rising, Christian Nationalism emerging, new leaders for the world’s Catholics and Anglicans, concern over assisted dying and abortion, and grassroots peace and justice movements – how religion hit the headlines in 2025
Religion news 23 December 2025

130 kidnapped children and teachers freed in Nigeria; Church leaders in Jerusalem say hundreds killed since ceasefire; Red candle lights for Palestinian Christians on Christmas Eve; Chief Rabbi calls on ‘silent majority’ to speak out against violence; Why people still believe in angels