Religion news 15 February 2022
Cardinal prays for peace in Ukraine; Covid case rates in England differed according to religion; Italian campaign against church sex abuse launched today; Holocaust reparation bill passed in Latvia
Cardinal prays for peace in Ukraine; Covid case rates in England differed according to religion; Italian campaign against church sex abuse launched today; Holocaust reparation bill passed in Latvia
Orthodox church of Ukraine calls on God to “stand with our army”; Likelihood of fewer bishops in the Lords; Calls for independent public inquiry into Birmingham Trojan Horse affair; Who was St Valentine?
Levelling Up white paper misses opportunity to recognise unique work of faith groups in social cohesion and service to the community
2021 anti Jewish hate incidents up 34 per cent in a year; Australian religious discrimination bill falls; Half the multimillion funded Muslim start-up companies are based in the US; Bronze statue of medieval Jewish woman Licoricia unveiled in Winchester
Church of England safeguarding failures still present; Open discussion on celibacy of priesthood; Schools and colleges in Karnataka, India, shut over hijab ban
Archbishop on “truth speaking” in politics; Church of England’s failure to tackle racial inequality; Former Pope Benedict XVI deeply hurt he has been labelled a liar; Faith and imagination missing from Levelling Up plans
Bishop: Politicians “complicit in rancid and dangerous political culture”; CofE bishops could be transformed into new shadow cabinet;; US Religious groups rise in protest defending pro-abortion rights; National mourning for Indian singer who united faith traditions
Tributes to the servant Queen on 70th anniversary of her reign; Martin Percy, Dean of Christ College Oxford, stands down; New York Times podcast investigates the Birmingham Trojan Horse scandal; Another Church of England bishop becomes a Catholic
Queen marks 70 years since accession to a role shaped by Anglicanism; Wonderful idea” to widen group choosing next Archbishop of Canterbury; Study into religious and secular funerals
New RMC podcast explores “abuse of trust and hypocrisy” at Number Ten; Faith organisations missing from Levelling Up equation; National Zakat Foundation supports refugee entrepreneurs in Bradford
