Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion news 10 September 2025

Pope Leo concerned at ‘truly serious situation’ after Qatar attack; Bangor Cathedral choir suspended following ‘Canticle of Indignation’; Archbishop resigns in dispute amid ‘spiritual Disneyland’ development at Mount Sinai; UK’s oldest Jewish cemetery discovered at The Barbican

Religion news 9 September 2025

FaithAction launches evaluation of Faith Covenant scheme; Quakers seek to join in judicial review of Palestine Action decision; US National Conservatism conference speakers ‘regard Muslims as the enemy’; African Methodism grows after autonomy on sexuality

Religion news 8 September 2025

King to attend first Catholic funeral by a monarch in Britain since the reformation; Faith minister Lord Khan has left the government; YouGov survey suggests 21 per cent of British public hold antisemitic views; Runners and riders in the Archbishop of Canterbury race

Religion news 5 September 2025

Bishop of Warrington resigns after absence of two years; Chris Brain faces retrial on outstanding rape and sex abuse charges; Churches ‘regret’ distress caused in mother and baby homes in England; Scotland’s Jewish Council says First Minister endangering Jews

Religion news 4 September 2025

King Charles visits Birmingham Oratory, once the home of St John Henry Newman; Former Cornwall Methodist leader charged with sexual assault; Warning of ‘messy revolution’ unless older Muslims give way to younger leaders

Religion news 3 September 2025

British Muslims resist attacks in ‘patriotic’ flag frenzy; Green party elects Jewish leader and Muslim deputy leader; Explainer – Carlo Acutis, millennial saint, to be canonised this Sunday

Religion news 2 September 2025

Islamic Relief mobilises emergency aid after Afghanistan earthquake; Pope Leo ‘has same openness to LGBTQ issues’ as Pope Francis; Contents of Spurgeon’s College go under the hammer this month; Starvation sect in Kenya is active again

Religion news 1 September 2025

Archbishop: UK should resist “kneejerk” deportation proposal; Extra security at mosques after asylum hotel protests; Faith leaders urge government to lift two child benefit cap; Templeton $3.89 million for study on beauty

Religion news 29 August 2025

Ed Davey says Christian faith leads him to decline Trump state banquet invitation; Bishop of Oxford accuses Nigel Farage of ‘deliberately increasing fear of the stranger’; UK government ‘clear-eyed’ about threat to British Jews from Iran; Humain Chat – the AI app that aligns with Islamic values

Religion news 28 August 2025

Mass shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school kills two children; Former leader of Iona community, Kathy Galloway, has died aged 73; Law firm apologises for data breach in CofE’s safeguarding redress scheme; Home of Hasidic Chabad rabbi in Bournemouth daubed with a Swastika