Religion news 12 November 2025
St Bride’s service honours journalists who died reporting the story; The Times reveals the costly, complex path to sainthood; Christian Resources Exhibition taken over by global business events company
St Bride’s service honours journalists who died reporting the story; The Times reveals the costly, complex path to sainthood; Christian Resources Exhibition taken over by global business events company
Pope urges world leaders to protect creation; World Vision says COP30 must address childhood malnutrition; Archbishop of York prays with family of Christian Palestinian detainee
Campaign Against Antisemitism says resignations show BBC impartiality ‘is a sham’; Archbishop of York’s visit to the West Bank cut short by Israeli police; British Muslim Trust reports ‘alarming spike’ in attacks on mosques; Burnley street pastor told John 3:16 could be ‘hate speech’
Interfaith week launched at St Martin in the Fields; Interfaith Declaration for a ‘just, inclusive, compassionate’ Glasgow; National Hindu NHS Network set up in Britain; Bake Off winner says Christian faith strengthened through the contest
RE in the national curriculum recognises its ‘critical value in the modern world’; US Muslim reaction to election of Zohran Mamdani; Catholic bishop urges Lords to reject decriminalisation of abortion up to birth
Role of SACREs key to proposed changes to Religious Education; Lord Khan says urgent need to define Islamophobia; CofE group accepts recommendations from Makin review into abuser John Smyth
Trump threatens military action against Nigeria over Christian persecution; Work to begin on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer; Heaton Park rabbi guarded after death threat; Hyphen Online holds first conference in London today
Prayers in Huntingdon for the ‘healing of our town’; Saint John Henry Newman declared a Doctor of the Church, a rare honour; Forty MPS call on government to adopt definition of Islamophobia
Keir Starmer: ‘a national moral duty’ to fight against antisemitism; Faith groups urged to improve safeguarding referrals; End of RE bursary scheme will ‘profoundly affect’ young people; Europe’s largest Halloween festival in Northern Ireland
King and Queen visit Neasden Temple to mark 30th anniversary; Helpline service launched to support victims of anti-Muslim hate; Aid agencies launch appeals as hurricane Melissa strikes the Caribbean; Silicon Valley technology to ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return
