A charity fundraising initiative started within the Jewish community has seen revenues sky rocket through quick burst social media campaigns.
Truro cathedral choristers’ song lamenting climate change “Gee Seven” has been sung by children in 31 countries and raised money for 10,000 Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries around the world.
Campaigners are calling for the government to take firm action on antisemitism, after footage emerged of a visibly Jewish man being abused twice within an hour on London Transport.
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has criticised the G7 over the “missed opportunity” to tackle the international vaccine crisis.
Children should be taught religious education by teachers who are impartial but not necessarily neutral, say experts who are considering how best to improve the provision of the subject in schools.
Dr Dulcie McKenzie, an award-winning radio presenter and theologian, says that the UK mainstream religious media has “failed” Britain’s black Pentecostal churches and is“intangible, irrelevant and immoral”.
Pressure is growing on Boris Johnson to bring forward a ban on conversion therapy, interventions based on the belief that a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity can and should be changed.
Faith groups are crossing religious divides to offer support during the coronavirus crisis in India, “working around the clock” to help the many millions who have fallen victim to India’s devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, recalling the “terrifying experience” of delivering a sermon in front of the Queen’s consort.
By Lianne Kolirin The Jewish community has called for a public inquiry into “shocking” allegations that Nazi war criminals were protected by the British authorities
