Kenyan pastor of starvation sect guilty of 191 murders; Priest killed after crucifix falls from church wall in Ecuador; Pope Leo calls President Zelensky about humanitarian aid; New global research initiative to explore Mysticism
Pope Leo thanks hospital staff and those who prayed; BBC religion cuts ‘undermine religious literacy’ at a time of critical importance; British faith representatives join G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City; New teaching resource to bring authentic Muslim voices into RE lessons
NUJ says BBC Religion and Ethics department to be ‘slashed’; Pope’s eldest brother Louis also being treated for cancer; Catholic network welcomes decision not to livestream execution; The ‘Awe Walks’ boosting compassion and gratitude
Pope Leo progressing well, but diagnosis ‘brings new urgency’; Bishop Anne Dyer suspended again, months before retirement; MPs to debate bringing Jagtar Singh Johal home from India; Dublin Hotel accused of antisemitism after 70 rooms ‘cancelled’
Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer; Andy Burnham considers visit to the Vatican in the spring; Churches urged to tackle causes, not just symptoms, of poverty; Muslim Council of Britain says response to anti Muslim violence is ‘long overdue’
Public inquiry into Heaton Park synagogue attack; Green Party referred to equality watchdog over Zionism motion; How prejudice against Muslims grew in Britain since 9/11; Lebanon’s last bell-maker keeps a 300-year-old tradition alive
Theos UK survey suggests 11 per cent identify as Christian nationalists; Pope Leo to undergo surgery for ‘localised nodule’ in his lung; Catholic church in Glasgow and Dunbarton will halve the number of parishes; Jewish communities furious with Green party councillors ‘no better than Mosley’s fascists’
13 per cent rise in religiously motivated hate crime; US Catholic group says every execution is a failure; Former Buddhist monk and fundraiser jailed for embezzling millions of pounds; Palestinian Christian tells Methodist young people of ‘difficult reality’ in the Holy Land
Call for churches to ‘be a bulwark’ against antisemitism; Interfaith leaders in Tennessee call for mercy after botched execution; Pope Leo urges bishops to confront challenges facing families; Abuse and threats after one Aberdeen school teacher calls Christmas cards ‘winter cards’
Prime Minister tells British Jews ‘We stand with you’; Attacks, threats and harassment of Jews since 7 October 2023; CofE safeguarding chair steps down; US televangelist Jim Bakker dies aged 86
