Religion Media Festival 2025 – how faith can set the agenda; Theos report tackles criticism of religious ideas in assisted dying debate; Christian charity criticises spending review and calls for a wealth tax; Faith leaders pledge non-violence in Los Angeles as officers train guns on them
Christianity remains world’s largest religion, but growth is slower than Islam; Historian Tom Holland made a Canon at Salisbury Cathedral; Twelve MPs back bill to ‘protect right to criticise religion’
The appointment of Pope Leo XIV – “the Holy Spirit thickening the plot”; 10.7 per cent CofE clergy pay rise; US Episcopalian Church condemns LA immigration raids; Scientists rediscover divine “Egyptian Blue” pigment
Religion Media Festival taking place today; Bishop steps down from leading the Living in Love and Faith project; Labour ‘losing Muslim support over Gaza and Islamophobia’; India will include questions about caste in national census
Former Bishop of Durham among seven clergy to face disciplinary charges over Makin review; Diocese of Jerusalem condemns attack on Al Ahli Arab hospital; Hajj pilgrim numbers down on last year; Plans to submerge 12 Hindu statues into Weymouth Bay
Islam Channel owner buys ‘Tribune’; Irish bishops express ‘grave concern at humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza’; Bishop calls on government to ‘address’ two child benefit cap
Inquiry into government’s failure to set up ethics watchdog; Church Multiplication Centre downsizing due to lack of funds; Rap trio ‘Kneecap’ will perform at Glastonbury despite Jewish fears
Man who burned Quran in London, guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence; Cambridge University appoints first Jewish professor of Hebrew; Saudi Arabia blocks over 269,000 unauthorized pilgrims from the Hajj; Pictured – The people who will select the next Archbishop of Canterbury
Ancient St Catherine’s monastery faces closure; Village church dispute draws in police and the bishop; Cardinal Becciu meets Pope in private audience; Golden Temple massacre inquiry under consideration
First UK sightings of new crescent moon reported in Yorkshire; Charity Commission acts against East London Mosque Trust; US pre-Civil War Sacred Harp hymn book republished
