Pope starts visit to Turkey with warning of third world war; UK interfaith leaders chart the future of multi-faith collaboration; Bishop of Chelmsford ‘bitterly regrets’ LGBTQ+ people have been failed by the church; Diocese of Bristol launches Advent calendar with an appeal
Faith response to the budget; Pope Leo starts first international visit today in Turkey; More time allocated in the Lords for debate on assisted dying bill; ‘Light the World’ charity vending gift machines launch in London and Birmingham
Jewish Labour peer says Nigel Farage should come clean and apologise; National Trust denies film-maker permission to use St Cuthbert’s Cave; London faith based volunteers ‘creating a city where everyone belongs’; TV and radio Christmas and New Year schedules
Faith organisations urge Chancellor to tax the super-rich; Catholic bishop ‘disappointed’ with outcome of COP30; Anger at protests outside Jewish synagogue in London; Over the limit priest crashes bishop’s car
The nations’ favourite school assembly hymn – Shine Jesus Shine; Pope urges swift action after 315 children kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria; Moonsighting academic course launched to help British Muslims agree lunar dates
Third of Catholic priests in England from 1992-2024 were former Anglican clergy; British Jews abandon Labour and Tories for the Greens and Reform; Orange hearts on posters, Christmas trees and biscuits to show support for refugees; QR code scheme to live translate Christmas services
Christian focused Religious Education in Northern Ireland judged unlawful; Archbishop of York says Israel has committed ‘genocidal acts’; Lord Khan – Islamophobia definition has taken ‘far too long’; Muslim businesses in $2.4 trillion Halal economy at Excel centre exhibition
UK Supreme Court has ruled that Christian focused religious education in Northern Ireland schools, is not conveyed in ‘an objective, critical, and pluralistic manner’, amounting to indoctrination.
Decline in marriages and steep decline in religious ceremonies; Pope criticises disrespectful treatment of migrants in the US; Robust argument over theory of a ‘Quiet Revival’; Holocaust survivor dies aged 95
Asylum reform – Bishop ‘shaken to the core’, Jesuit Refugee Service says ‘it will inflict profound harm’, UNHCR will review detail; Pope Leo calls for action on climate change; Freedom of religion and belief school resources
