Slavery, revolution and hatred: backstory of the nation’s favourite carol
The little known story behind the carol ‘O Holy Night’, a message of sin, slavery and a redeemer challenging the establishment
The little known story behind the carol ‘O Holy Night’, a message of sin, slavery and a redeemer challenging the establishment
Churches provide health care worth £8.4 billion to the NHS; Jewish community in Wales incensed at call for a boycott of Israel; Nottingham University warns students Chaucer needs a trigger warning because he mentions Christianity
Global day of reflection on one year of unceasing war in the Middle East; Museum opens in Paris dedicated to centuries of Sufi art and culture; Marsha de Cordova is new Second Church Estates Commissioner; US report charts China’s “coercive religious policy”
Reports on the impact of the war in Gaza on British Jews and Muslims; Antisemitism more prevalent in UK and Europe than data suggests; Jewish groups say BBC is institutionally hostile to Israel; Cardinal criticises Vatican service for being a “checklist of woke and gender ideology”
Muslim groups call for accountability after Grenfell Report; Government suspended free speech legislation to stop Holocaust denial; Further 17 abuse allegations against poverty campaigner Abbé Pierre; Five world religious leaders are men over 84 – and now one has topped 100
Muslim Council of Britain welcomes emergency security measures; Muslim gravestones desecrated in Burnley; Pope’s love of tragedies and the valuable art of reading; Oldest street in Europe by Wells Cathedral awarded £4.4million lottery funding for repairs
Thousands of people in England take part in Kabaddi, a contact sport where teams are often associated with gurdwaras, playing in a tournament that ends in August
Sacred gardens surrounding cathedrals and churches are increasingly sought after as places of tranquility and contemplation
Kamala Harris “at ease navigating religious traditions” and committed to her Baptist church for decades; Jesuit Refugee Service urges a more humane asylum system; GP suspended for comments on Hamas is re-instated; Expressions of faith common in British football
Trump’s vice president choice is new convert to Catholicism; CofE bishops’ appointments deadlocked by internal disagreement; Irish politician refused communion over vote legalising abortion; Cartoon Jewish superhero Sabra turned into a Russian spy
