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
Chief Rabbi criticises Palestinian Christians’ document ahead of Synod debate; Report says hate and division are a national security threat; High Court to rule on sale of Hindu Temple to a mosque bid in Peterborough; Jesus Christ Superstar opens in London to rave reviews
Priest warns West Bank Christian town Taybeh faces illegal settlement; Catholic church to consider better support for survivors of abuse; Hatzola ambulance charity given freedom of the borough of Barnet
Northstowe new town gives community faith site to Church Network – disappointing Hindus; Dalai Lama celebrates 91st birthday; The miracle of gold coins stashed under the altar which could help save a church
Government recommends RE is included in national curriculum; Pope calls for respect for human dignity and migrants as US marks 250 years; China introduces law ‘threatening’ ethnic and religious minorities
Bishop of Salisbury referred to CofE’s national safeguarding team; Ofcom publishes figures for religious broadcasting in 2025; Faith groups call on PM to rethink military spending; Presbyterian Church of Wales warns ‘It’s do or die’
Conservative Catholic group consecrates four bishops in defiance of the Pope; AI can do so much for us, but ‘human wisdom will always win’; Life of Jesus Christ explored in BBC series; First Hindu temple proposed for Portsmouth; 300-year-old Guru Granth Sahib manuscript discovered in Scotland
Council of Muslims and Jews announced at Religion Media Festival; Archbishop says religion is vital for rebuilding trust in media; King ‘protects faith within the multi-faith nation’; Pope Leo urges traditionalists to halt bishop consecrations
Religion Media Festival is in London today; Lord Lemos appointed as new Faith Minister – the tenth in 10 years; Pope Leo urges prayer for Venezuela as earthquake death toll rises; Trump commission challenges separation of church and state; Calls for Lib Dem investigation into candidate’s deselection over Christian views
