CofE continues work on same-sex blessings and gay clergy marriage; British Medical Association concern over NHS adoption of antisemitism definition; Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church; Warning AI can be ‘expoited by the devil’
Keir Starmer thanked for ‘deep sense of public service’ and transformative work on antisemitism; Sir Jeffrey Donaldson guilty of sex abuse and rape; Theos survey finds few believe you need to be Christian to be British; Rise in converts to Progressive Judaism
Archbishop tells Palestinian Christians she will seek peace and freedom they deserve; Andy Burnham’s ‘à la carte Catholicism’; Man charged after five Muslims attacked in Edinburgh
The Catholic heritage of Andy Burnham; Archbishop apologises for CofE role in historic adoption practices; Dr Manon Ceridwen James elected as Bishop of Bangor; Mosque safety and security guidance issued amid far-right threat
Pope Leo welcomes agreement between Iran and the USA; Report says more than half of British Muslims experienced prejudice last year; Ahmadi religion members appear in court after police raids in April; Vicar and ordinand raise £40,000 from sponsored run
‘We dare not take it for granted’ – warning over future of religious broadcasting; Two precious stolen Torah scrolls turn up after a minister’s ‘Pause for Thought’; Catholic bishop’s ‘deep disappointment’ that assisted dying bill is being brought back; Muslims are celebrating the New Year
Broad welcome for under 16’s social media ban; Bishop decries Russian attack on Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral; Concerns remain over assisted dying bill despite plan to reintroduce it; JD Vance tells his faith story in new memoir “Communion: Finding My Way back to Faith
Bishop: deal in Iran that brings peace and justice ‘to be welcomed’; Assisted Dying bill will be re-introduced in the Commons; Catholic Archbishop of Ireland’s ‘shock and horror’ at violence towards migrants; Art dealer ‘offers Banksy exhibition’ to save St David’s cathedral
Pope meets migrants in Gran Canaria and calls for legal and safe migration pathways; Archbishop: World Cup ‘draws communities together in surprising ways’; Muslim Tech festival gathers hundreds of professionals in London
No chaplains for England’s World Cup team — but there’s always WhatsApp support; Archbishop of Armagh calls for calm in Belfast; Pope blesses tower of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona; Southern Baptists vote to ban women pastors and stop women preaching
