Media project to change negative narrative around Christianity; Report on RE shows more exam entries but less funding; Muslim women’s rights campaigner appointed to the Lords; Jewish prayer book survived the holocaust restored by “The Repair Shop”
Website offering facts, information, comment and stories portraying positive view of Christianity will challenge negative perception
The hope and ambitions of the BBC’s new religion editor, Aleem Maqbool; Cathedrals “in the vanguard of the green revolution”; Leaked report “says Prevent programme should crack down on Islamist extremism”; Thieves return stolen Hindu statues after suffering nightmares
Cardinal Vincent Nichols in no doubt who is the aggressor in the war in Ukraine; John Major urges church to speak out against inequality; Extreme concern for the safety of Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong
Religion Media Festival “Exploring Belief” in London today; Dean Martyn Percy’s parting shot at his leaving service; How cathedrals survive in a world isolated from religion; Chris Patten comes to the defence of Hong Kong Cardinal Zen; Government relations with National Union of Students break down over antisemitism claims
Muslim World League forum gathers to “usher in a peaceful world”; Khalsa Aid relief efforts in Moldova and Ukraine; Bishop seeks to abolish universal credit limit of two children; Church backs designer “pods” to help ex prisoners get back on their feet
Martyn Percy, former Dean of Christ Church Oxford, quits the Church of England; More money for struggling parishes and front-line services; Templeton prize goes to American physicist and philosopher; Death toll at church run native American boarding schools could reach tens of thousands
Methodist campaigner says Queen’s speech failed to address urgent cost of living crisis; Russian Orthodox priest pilloried in Ukraine; US Catholics urged to pray for Roe v Wade to be overturned; Oberammergau passion play returns with antisemitism removed
The Pope’s example of dealing with mobility is a lesson for the Queen; Pope tells LGBT Catholics – God does not disown his children; Clergy and church workers to receive hardship fund as cost of living soars; UN group says Scottish Sikh man’s detention in India is illegal
Abortion rallies held outside US churches on Mother’s Day; Ukraine church leader says Putin is “the antichrist”; Service of repentance for church persecution of Jews 800 years ago; Thousands celebrate Vaisakhi in West Park, Wolverhampton
