Reaction to Assisted Dying Bill vote
Reaction to Assisted Dying vote collated here – from shock, disappointment, concern and feelings of terror, to elation at a ‘landmark moment for dignity’
Reaction to Assisted Dying vote collated here – from shock, disappointment, concern and feelings of terror, to elation at a ‘landmark moment for dignity’
‘Knife edge’ vote on Assisted Dying Bill takes place today; Board of Deputies urges safe passage for Brits in Israel; Pope visits Vatican’s ‘invaluable’ shortwave radio centre; Portable ‘tiny church’ in Denmark
‘Catholic hospices and homes may close’ if Assisted Dying bill becomes law; Covid ‘accelerated trend towards secularisation’ says report; Commons Education Committee told RE is vital for social cohesion
A global project to examine the changing role of religion in public life during the Covid pandemic has concluded that it accelerated secularisation.
Catholic bishops ‘deeply alarmed’ at abortion amendment; Sandford St Martin awards for religious broadcasting announced; Covid showed ‘accelerated trend towards secularisation’; Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral now Grade One listed building
Grooming gangs report: Casey warns silence on ethnicity fuels harm; Search for children’s remains at Irish Catholic mother and baby home; Catholic bishops speak out against proposed change to abortion law; First translation of Bible in Welsh on public display in Pembrokeshire
MPs prepare to vote this week on abortion and assisted dying; Chief Rabbi says Israel has ‘roared like a lion’; Muslim Council of Britain says Israeli strike is ‘act of a genocidal regime’; Birthday honours for people of all faiths serving society
Hindu temple prayers for victims of the Ahmedabad air crash; MPs debate legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales; Christian Aid marks 80th anniversary; Bishop seeks more money to save clergy jobs
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’
