Religion news 4 August 2026
Millions join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq; Bishop welcomes Prime Minister’s call for safe migration routes ; New Forest ‘vampire’ detained under Mental Health Act
Millions join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq; Bishop welcomes Prime Minister’s call for safe migration routes ; New Forest ‘vampire’ detained under Mental Health Act
Pope Leo says he is following ‘alarming situation in Ceuta’; Amnesty International UK apologises for report labelling groups ‘anti-rights’; Boy George withdrawn from playing the role of Herod in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’; Attendance at Church of England Cathedral services rises
Eleven Christian groups complain to Charity Commission over Amnesty report; Andy Burnham praises Jewish Care for community approach; Coffin rescued from devastating fire at large Victorian Leicester church; Newcastle memorial to Roma and Sinti Holocaust victims
Burnham says fix palliative care before assisted dying; Clergy support Hull funeral scandal families; Historical abuse allegations at St Andrew’s Chorleywood;
Hindu, Jain and Sikh crematorium inaugurated in Buckinghamshire
Faith minister moved after 22 days and no successor named; 2025 deadliest year for diaspora antisemitic attacks since 1984; Christian AI experts publish ethical guidelines; Anonymous gold coin donor to Lancashire churches is Hells Angel pensioner
Chief Rabbi tells Archbishop Synod’s Kairos II decision is ‘deplorable’; Ann Widdecombe’s funeral will be held at Buckfast Abbey; Commission warns global conflicts straining UK faith relations; TikTok Christian influencer outranks JD Vance in book sales
Save the Parish seeks CofE synod candidates to end ‘doom loop’ of closures, cuts and decline; Founder of rebel Catholic order excommunicated after illicit bishop ceremony; Muslim Mental Health hub launched with AI guiding inquiries
Manchester synagogue attacker friend jailed for terrorism plot; Catholic & Jewish schools project to tackle antisemitism; Report on why young adults are joining church for the first time
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
