Religion news 8 May 2026
US and Vatican renew ties after Trump remarks; Police investigate after car mounts pavement towards Jewish schoolboys; Vatican report on same sex relations welcomed by campaigners
US and Vatican renew ties after Trump remarks; Police investigate after car mounts pavement towards Jewish schoolboys; Vatican report on same sex relations welcomed by campaigners
Rubio meets Pope after Trump’s month-long tirade; Faith and Belief Forum launches consultation to stop faith based hate; Robot monk vows devotion in South Korea ordination ceremony
Prime Minister summons leaders to No 10, demanding tough action against antisemitism; From God Delusion to Bot Delusion? Dawkins declares AI ‘conscious’; Russian Orthodox church ‘complicit’ in forced deportation of Ukrainian children; Hindu scripture ‘Shikshapatri’ tour of UK temples
The vital role of dialogue to combat antisemitism; Police conclude searches of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Love headquarters in Crewe; Evangelical celibate priest sacked for “inappropriate relationship with a man”; Undocumented immigrant from El Salvador becomes US Catholic bishop
UK terrorism threat level ‘severe’ with ‘elevated’ threat level to Jewish people; New measures against antisemitism, community fear and anger, Muslim leaders condemn attack; Other news – interfaith consultations, petition on women’s ordination, and the monk who vanished
Stabbing of Jewish men in Golders Green ‘a terrorist incident’; Lib Dems admit unlawful religious discrimination against David Campanale; Former Bishop of Oxford, Lord Richard Harries, has died; Nine arrested after raids on Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
King’s ‘anchor of faith’ and inspiration from interfaith understanding; Review says Faith Covenants strengthen crisis response and community trust; Australian report finds ‘safeguarding concerns’ after British vicar took his own life
Pope Leo and Archbishop Sarah Mullally pray together at the Vatican; Progressive Judaism explores divided views on Zionism and Israel; Progressive Christianity ‘making a comeback’ in the USA; UK’s first Muslim women’s rugby team ‘launched this summer’
Trump says attack suspect had ‘an anti-Christian manifesto’; ‘Extraordinary moment’ as Sarah Mullally meets the Pope; Justin Welby launches global mediation company; James Talarico, the 36 year old Democrat ‘politically recoding the Christian faith’
Assisted Dying Bill likely to run out of time in the House of Lords today; Keir Starmer visits Kenton synagogue after recent arson attack; Rowan Williams on demonic forces in the Church of England; Residents in St Austell want to remove Earth Goddess sculpture
