Religion news 14 January 2026
US bishops urge Christians to stand up for immigrants whatever the cost; Bishop of Greenland adamant that the country is not for sale; Scottish grandmother in court over abortion buffer zone charges
US bishops urge Christians to stand up for immigrants whatever the cost; Bishop of Greenland adamant that the country is not for sale; Scottish grandmother in court over abortion buffer zone charges
Call for faith to unite communities as forces of division ‘grow louder’; Chief Rabbi ‘not proud’ of settler violence; Jewish MP banned from visiting Bristol school; Bishop of Oxford condemns Grok’s ‘truly appalling’ deepfake tech
Iran protests driven in part by ‘opposition to imposed state religion’; Report warns of growing politicisation of religion in Britain; Pete Meadows, evangelical ‘elder statesman’, has died aged 84
Lords given more time for Assisted Dying Bill debate; Dame Sarah Mullally cleared over abuse handling complaint; Pope calls for annual meetings of worldwide cardinals
US evangelical speaker retires after admitting eight year affair; Britons express deep gratitude to be alive; Cardinals urge Pope Leo to focus on mission and synodality; Orthodox Christmas celebrated worldwide
Call for week of prayer and fasting for peace in Venezuela; ‘The only person who can stop Donald Trump now is Pope Leo’; Police deny political pressure led to ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans; Prayer vigil as Christian climate activists appear at Bath court
US Episcopal leaders call for Congress investigation into Venezuela action; ‘AI physicist’ to answer deep questions of the universe; 33.5 million pilgrims visited Rome during Year of Jubilee; US Islamic preacher ‘banned from speaking’ in England
Pope ‘deeply concerned’ over events in Venezuela; Mass for victims of Swiss ski resort fire; 17 Catholic missionaries killed in service in 2025; Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss has died aged 96
King Charles referenced his recent visit to Rome, with the Queen, where they prayed with Pope Leo in a historuic moment of spiritual unity, celebrating
King to focus on the ‘pilgimage of life’ in Christmas Day message; Pope Leo appeals for 24 hours of peace on Christmas Day; The Nativity story 2025 – with theatre director at Hereford Cathedral, knitters in Yorkshire and a real donkey and baby at a village production in Cheshire
