Religion news 26 July 2024
French athletes’ hijab ban under the spotlight as Olympics opens in Paris; Assisted dying bill in Lords today; Kamala Harris prays with pastors; Sacred gardens where many feel closer to their creator
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French athletes’ hijab ban under the spotlight as Olympics opens in Paris; Assisted dying bill in Lords today; Kamala Harris prays with pastors; Sacred gardens where many feel closer to their creator
Netanyahu: “outrageous slanders against Israel demonise Jews everywhere”; Archbishop praises MPs for standing up to anger and abuse in election campaign; Religious disaffiliation in East Asia – yet religious belief remains entrenched
Biden’s decision to withdraw from presidential race “an act of heroic humility”; Bishop of Chelmsford says sharing the gospel is “inherently political”; 50,000 US Catholics take part in five day Eucharist Congress; Muslim roots of Spain’s football star Lamine Yamal
Trump says “God is on my side” after assassination attempt; JD Vance shows the “future of Christianity is conservative”; Call for senior politician to combat Islamophobia in Europe; Methodist chapel saved by shifting worship to Saturday
King’s speech reaction on child poverty, holocaust memorial. conversion therapy, female bishops, Palestinian State; Messianic undertones in Trump’s campaign; Emmaus community founder accused of sex assaults; Methodists and US Episcopalians move towards unity
“Trump says “God alone” prevented his death in assassination attempt; “Overseers” appointed for CofE opponents of same sex blessings; Ampleforth’s past safeguarding failings put students at risk; Smorgasbord of holy books for MPs swearing in
CofE “overseers” opposed to same sex blessings will be appointed today; Humanists UK say 60 per cent of MPs took a religious oath; Free churches urge government to put the vulnerable first
Rev Jonathan Fletcher charged with indecent assault and grievous bodily harm; The Muslim Vote targeting seats in Australia’s federal election; Archbishops appeal for Al Ahli hospital in Gaza to re-open
CofE moves towards blessing same sex couples in “stand-alone” services; European Jewish Congress says French far left alliance “serious cause for concern”; King’s XI beats Vatican cricket team “whose vocation has been the priesthood”
Pope declares democracy is in crisis amid far right threat in France; Synod rejects KC investigation into unchecked Soul Survivor abuse; Archbishop Vigano excommunicated; “Anglican cadences” in Sir Keir Starmer’s speech to the nation
