Religion news 25 July 2025
Faith Covenants must ‘dovetail’ with new Civil Society Covenant; Churches urge reform of ‘failing’ criminal justice system; Story of the Jesus Army told in BBC documentaries; Crowdfunding campaign to buy Cwm Rhonda chapel
Faith Covenants must ‘dovetail’ with new Civil Society Covenant; Churches urge reform of ‘failing’ criminal justice system; Story of the Jesus Army told in BBC documentaries; Crowdfunding campaign to buy Cwm Rhonda chapel
Archbishop of York says action needed now against ‘barbaric assault’ on Gaza; Christian organisations urge government to abandon fossil fuels; Air India crash repatriation blunder disrespects Hindu cremation rites; Survey finds faith linked to better mental health
Cardinal begs for end to ‘morally unacceptable’ war in Gaza; Jesuit Refugee Service slams UK immigration detention system; Church of England newspaper ceases publication – for now; Bishop of Southwark’s face ‘smashed like cornflakes’ in crash
British Muslim Trust to monitor anti-Muslim hate crime; Bishop of Sheffield to chair Orgreave inquiry; Hillingdon reverses street preaching ban; Explainer on Druze in Syria, as fragile peace maintained
MP warns of ‘dangerous’ ideology replacing Christianity in Britain; Consultation closes on Islamophobia definition; Teachers seek government help to tackle antisemitism; Mass exhumation feared as Norfolk cliff erodes
Three killed as Israeli strikes hit Gaza’s only Catholic church; US Episcopal Church urges action after Gaza plea from Archbishop; King opens new wing at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies; Hildegard of Bingen’s music captivating experimental artists
Removing whip from MP Rachael Maskell ‘like expelling Mother Theresa’; Humanists challenge claims of ‘Quiet Revival’ in UK; Baptist Union leader becomes first woman vice chair worldwide; Thai woman accused of seducing and blackmailing Buddhist monks
Archbishop of Jerusalem says food distribution in Gaza ‘like Hunger Games’; Synod overwhelmingly against assisted dying; Constance Marten’s brush with HTB and a Lagos cult; Apostolic Nuncio celebrates Mass at Canterbury Cathedral; France eyes religious dates to plug “veritable Gruyere” of bank holidays
£150 million redress scheme for survivors of CofE related abuse; New Dean for Bangor Cathedral; Board of Deputies concern and alarm at BBC Gaza film verdict; Pay gap reports ‘should take religion’ into account
CofE general synod considers war, assisted dying, finance and growth; Bishops call for action against threats to Christians in West Bank; Excavation to find remains of 796 children at Tuam home; Antisemitism’normalised’ in British society; Echoes of Srebrenica genocide 30 years on
