Middle East crisis ‘triggers massive displacement in Lebanon’; Chief Rabbi appeals for the miracle of Purim to be re-enacted in Iran; Gafcon to launch alternative Anglican Communion this week; Briefing today ‘The BBC Charter review and the future of religious broadcasting’
Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader and top religious authority, is dead; Faith leaders warn against war and urge peace; Government ‘committed to working closely with churches’; Theos report urges theology-led rethink of investment and wealth; Jewish festival of Purim starts this evening
Jersey votes to allow assisted dying; ‘Catalogue of failures’ led to bishop’s promotion despite sex abuse allegations; Super mosque building project paused due to £4million shortfall; Bake Off star says she lost brand deals when people ‘clocked’ she was Muslim
Man arrested after ‘entering Manchester mosque with an axe’ during prayers; Bill for compulsory labelling of kosher and halal meat introduced in the Commons; ‘Hong Kongers in the Church of England’ support group for growing congregations; Bristol parishes ‘beacons of hope’ in their communities
Senedd votes in favour of assisted dying in Welsh NHS; ‘Angry prayer’ in service to commemorate fourth anniversary of Ukraine war; Report finds police and council failings in 2022 Leicester unrest; Listed Places of Worship grant scheme runs out of money
YouGov to run latest ‘Quiet Revival’ survey this year; Reform UK leader says churches should not be converted into mosques; Public can ensure good journalism which seeks the truth by ‘engaging with the media’; Gothic cathedral in Barcelona completed after 140 years
Bishop of Lincoln suspended and arrested; Rabbi suggests ceremony for assisted dying deaths; £73.4 million for faith communities’ security; Bones of St Francis of Assisi on public display in Italy
Vatican declines to join Trump’s Board of Peace; Bishop of Blackburn calls for conversation on national identity; Latin Mass breakaway group will consecrate bishops despite Vatican objections; Next Bishop of Durham is local Archdeacon
‘Ashes to Go’ – clergy mark shoppers with the sign of the cross on Ash Wednesday; New Moon has been sighted over Britain and Ramadan has begun; King Charles supports Jewish backed refugee jobs fair; All Nations Christian missionary college moving out of Gothic estate in Hertfordshire
US civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson has died aged 84; BBC leaders speak of ‘huge importance’ of religious broadcasting; Lent – a time of spiritual renewal and reflection; Royal Observatory live astronomy show to seek the crescent moon
