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| Trump is inaugurated as President of the USA: Trump: ‘God saved me to make America great again’ >> Bishop tells Trump: ‘Have mercy on our scared people’ >> Faith leaders line up support Trump on Inauguration Day >> Pope invokes blessings on President Trump >> US deportation plan is a disgrace, says the Pope >> US Episcopalian leaders back call for Trump to show mercy >> US Faith leaders pledge resistance to Trump’s mass deportation >> British Muslim anxiety at impact of Trump/Musk on far-right >> Jewish council attacks pardons for Capitol attackers >> Our media briefing this week was on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, including interviews by Richard Allen Greene with Holocaust survivor, Joan Salter; Laura Marks, Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust; and young British musician, Leo Geyer, who has restored and performed the lost music of Auschwitz, found in the camp’s archive. Watch the briefing again or listen to the podcast via links here. The Times reported that the ‘British Muslim Network’ is to launch next month, designed to liaise with the government on issues of concern such as health and education. It will include well-known people from public life and will end a 16-year period when the UK government has failed to formally engage with Muslim organisations. Times report here. The Rev Don Cupitt, Anglican priest and philosopher of religion, famous for his radical theology expressed in the TV series and book “The Sea of Faith”, has died aged 90. In his writings and broadcasts, he proposed that a metaphysical God out there had no objective reality and was an invented idea. Instead, he saw religion as a way of living an ethical life with a humanitarian vision for the world >> The Rev Lisa Coupland, who was a contestant on the BBC’s programme “The Traitors”, has been talking about her time on the show, saying only prayer got her through it. Despite the lying, she said real friendships were formed and she became, in effect, the unofficial chaplain to the contestants. She reveals all in an interview with Premier Christian News. |
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| Welcome return of Israeli hostages and calls for immediate aid to Gaza >> Muslim Hands report ‘glimmer of relief’ in Gaza >> Southport parish priest says ‘Everyone is heartbroken beyond words‘ >> Community church says Southport killer’s family ‘devastated’ >> Moral dilemma in the Church of England over its use of X >> CofE synod papers published on safeguarding structure and same-sex blessings >> Harriet Harman proposes end to automatic right of CofE bishops to sit in the Lords >> Plea for more working-class CofE priests >> Listed places of worship grant scheme extended for one year >> Renewal of grants for listed places of worship ‘doesn’t go far enough’ >> Starmer’s “strengthened resolve” for Holocaust memorial centre >> Muslim Council of Britain leadership election tomorrow. Read our Factfile by Maira Butt here >> Assisted Dying Bill committee discussion gets off to a tense start >> Welsh revival bringing children into the church >> World’s first female Buddhist fire chaplain – in Cumbria >> ‘Emergency’ film screenings cancelled after Sikh protests >> Substack journalism grows 40 per cent in a year, earning writers £millions >> Challenge to Quebec law which stops women in top jobs wearing the hijab >> ‘Conclave’ success turning Vatican process into Box Office Gold >> Tesco worker who wore a “fez” to work, loses religious discrimination claim >> |
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