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
Jewish Green leader considers quitting, as Rabbi urges voters to reject Polanski; Polanksi insists everyone must feel ‘safe and welcome’ in his party; Pope Leo revisits controversial teaching on divorced Catholics; Council approves security measures at Ahmadiyya complex near Farnham
Green party Zionism motion condemned by Jewish groups; ‘Nine O’Clock Service’ vicar guilty of rape and indecent assault; Bishop of Salisbury suspended; Shabana Mahmood on how faith shapes her life
Buddhist spiritual adviser offers loving-kindness as Tennessee execution fails; Jagtar Singh Johal released after almost nine years in Indian prison; Council defends speaker who said Virgin Mary ‘wore a hijab’; RMC Young Reporter Award announced
Sarah Sands, editor and new CEO of Hymns Ancient and Modern, says the common ground between the news sphere and religion is ‘bearing witness’ and asking questions.
