Religion news 2 May 2024
United Methodists remove ban on gay clergy; Government consultation on lifting 50 per cent cap on faith schools intake; Jubilee Church community mourning 14-year-old boy killed in sword attack;
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United Methodists remove ban on gay clergy; Government consultation on lifting 50 per cent cap on faith schools intake; Jubilee Church community mourning 14-year-old boy killed in sword attack;
United Methodists vote for full communion with US Episcopal Church and move towards LGBTQ+ change; Humanists UK condemn proposed change on faith schools intake; AI “priest” defrocked for hearing a confession and giving absolution
Kate Forbes, “wee free” devout Christian, seriously considering SNP leadership bid; Evangelist Rico Tice leaves the Church of England over same sex marriage; Muslim fears in India elections
50 per cent cap limiting faith schools intake “set to be abolished”; Irish churches asked to help find accommodation for asylum seekers; “Political evangelicalism” takes on student protesters in America; Russell Brand‘s plan to be baptised
Bishop: Rwanda bill is a dark moment in our country’s history; Jewish groups urge review of the 1986 Public Order Act to improve policing of demonstrations; CofE partners with housing groups to campaign for Homes For All
Catholic bishops against medical intervention for gender dysphoria children; Tributes to Frank Field, decent and inspiring public servant; World’s first Sikh Court opens in London; Buddhist Temple made of a million beer bottles, collapses
Church leaders’ “deep misgivings” on the Rwanda bill; United Methodists start crucial conference deciding same-sex rules; Awards for British Muslim business leaders contributing millions to the economy; Services at ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ church under threat
Met police meet Jewish leaders after man moved on for being “openly Jewish”; Appeal to defend inter-faith work from being denigrated and undermined; New pilgrimage route honouring women founders of Christianity in Kent
India election gets underway with hopes for protection for religious minorities; Archbishop of Wales calls for halt to “indefensible abuse” of rivers; US Methodist bishops prepare for “seismic shift” in LGBT vote next week
Religious Education “continuing to wilt” with no coherent national plan; Michaela School prayer ban judgment still causing waves; Legacy of Covid 19 among cremation staff, the unsung key workers of the pandemic
