Coronavirus and religion – update 7 April 2020
By Tim Wyatt UK In the build-up to Easter, an umbrella group of Churches across Britain and Ireland have released a joint call to prayer
By Tim Wyatt UK In the build-up to Easter, an umbrella group of Churches across Britain and Ireland have released a joint call to prayer
George Pell is a cardinal in the Catholic Church and former Vatican treasurer, who become the most senior Catholic to be convicted of abuse after he was jailed in Australia over allegations of child sex abuse. In 2020 he was cleared of the charges on appeal
By Tim Wyatt These are the latest religion news stories: UK A reported 23 million people tuned in to see the Queen, the head of
The Memorial Meal is the main ritual ceremony in the annual calendar of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and commemorates the death of Jesus. It is held on the same day as the Jewish festival Passover, which in 2020 fell during the first coronavirus lockdown when gatherings were banned
The Board of Deputies of British Jews is liaising with six of the largest denominational burial boards and the Orthodox burial boards in Manchester to
Three British religious leaders have published an unprecedented zoom conversation, considering the tumultuous effects of coronavirus on their faith, their communities and the soul of
UK BBC local radio is to broadcast weekly reflections from Muslim faith leaders during the coronavirus outbreak. The first was on Friday morning at 0550
By Lianne Kolirin UK news The first four doctors to die of the Coronavirus in Britain, while fighting on the pandemic’s frontline, were all Muslim.
By Linda Woodhead When faced with a biblical plague, the British turn not to God but the National Health Service. It is our national religion,
By Lianne Kolirin UK • A trainee Anglican priest stranded on the Solomon Islands has told The Times that he is likely to be one
