Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion news 3 December 2021

Bishop urges global commitment to vaccinate everyone; Pope urges Cyprus to heal “terrible laceration” of the island; Bishop of Liverpool praises “calm scrutiny” of BBC local journalists; Anti Muslim hatred in US Congress

Religion news 1 December 2021

British media should treat Muslims fairly; Call to boycott winter Olympics over Uyghur genocide; New churches on deprived housing estates; Are TV clergy rogues or idiots?

Religion news 30 November 2021

Pope says world’s treatment of migrants is deplorable; Notre Dame renovation “trivial and childish”; Vatican journalist describes multiple levels of abuse against 11 nuns; Creator of Spanish cathedral made of recycled bricks and bicycle parts, dies aged 96

Religion news 29 November 2021

Bishop’s inner rage at migrants’ plight; Essex congregation told to get tested for new Covid variant; Bishops urge WHO to ensure vaccine equity; Catholic bishops in Scotland say mass is obligatory

Religion news 26 November 2021

Migrant deaths in the channel “cannot go on”; Jersey politicians vote in favour of assisted dying; Warning to get vaccinated as Jewish festival of Hanukkah approaches; RMC Creating Connections project has drawn to a close

Religion news 24 November 2021

Pope praises Sir David Amess for years of public service; Orthodox monks trust God and science to protect them from Covid; ‘Too much Christianity’ in schools; Sixth formers help select a bishop

Religion news 23 November 2021

Sikh farmers win battle over farm laws in Punjab; Two of the 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti are freed; Catholic bishops urge the faithful to come back to church; More than 4,000 crimes in rural churches in one year

Religion news 22 November 2021

Sikh farmers win battle over farm laws in Punjab; Two of the 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti are freed; Catholic bishops urge the faithful to come back to church; More than 4,000 crimes in rural churches in one year

Religion news 18 November 2021

Archbishop says there is “no significant cloud” over Bishop George Bell; Reporters investigate asylum seekers’ conversions to Christianity; US Catholic bishops avoid policy to withhold communion from Joe Biden