Religion news 23 July 2026
Manchester synagogue attacker plotted terror with accomplice; Caritas calls for faith partnership talks with PM; British Jews feel abandoned after 7 October; Methodists honour Tolpuddle Martyrs
Manchester synagogue attacker plotted terror with accomplice; Caritas calls for faith partnership talks with PM; British Jews feel abandoned after 7 October; Methodists honour Tolpuddle Martyrs
Catholic archbishop urges urgent protest at ‘deeply flawed’ assisted dying bill; Woman stabbed during Mass in Ireland; British man becomes ‘first foreign born supreme monk in Thailand’; New pilgrimage routes in the north of England
Andy Burnham visits The Passage and pledges to end rough sleeping; Faith groups congratulate new Prime Minister and outline key concerns; Tributes paid to Edward Stourton who has died aged 68; Muslims and Jews hold summit ‘Together We Rebuild’
Andy Burnham urged to promote peace and social justice; England and France players pray together after World Cup match; Bishop fears CofE ‘hearing’ Palestinian Christians document will add to antisemitism; Consultation on marriage may enable Humanist weddings
Teenager charged with terrorism offence linked to mosques in Sutton; Christian groups sign ‘Declaration’ against the Palestinian Kairos II document; Durham Cathedral pilgrimage promotes new Cuthbert Centre
Amnesty regrets publishing report branding Christian groups as ‘anti-rights’; French National Assembly approves assisted dying bill; Faith based aid agencies urge Burnham to protect Palestinians; Safeguarding case review criticises Church of England response
Andy Burnham, soon to be Prime Minister, ‘embodies Catholic social teaching’; Pope’s visit to England and Scotland ‘probable, desirable, inevitable’; Faith literacy could improve NHS care and cut costs, report says; Hindus challenge council’s sale of temple to Muslim association
Synod backs Palestinian Christian document; 12 arrested over threats to Suffolk Islamic festival; Spectator accused of systemic anti-Muslim bias; World leaders meet at Pope’s summer palace to discuss AI and nuclear war
Church of England synod delays vote on Palestine motion after debate overruns; ‘Faith and patriotism’ defined Ann Widdecombe’s public life; Fears for underground churches in China; Extra funding for police to protect Jewish communities
Jersey’s assisted dying bill receives Royal Assent; School chaplain returns to ministry after seven-year legal battle; Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei buried after six days mourning; Catholic Generosity Report urges better collaboration to unlock growth
