Religion news 17 November 2021
Liverpool bomber was Christian convert; Prince Edward opens CofE General Synod; Franklin Graham’s UK tour back on for 2022; Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bahais most banned religious groups
Liverpool bomber was Christian convert; Prince Edward opens CofE General Synod; Franklin Graham’s UK tour back on for 2022; Jehovah’s Witnesses and Bahais most banned religious groups
The full itinerary for the Creating Connections event in Birmingham on the 23rd November 2021.
Young Christian anger at Cop26 missed opportunity; Jewish women’s rights festival to counter toxic social media; Interfaith week builds links in diverse society; Sun Temples 5,000 years old discovered in Egyptian desert
Vatican calls for road map to achieve deal at Cop26; Methodists appeal for help for vulnerable nations; MP in drunk and disorderly claim is born again Christian; Bitcoin forbidden by Islamic scholars in Indonesia
Cardinal and police chief discuss guidance over the last rites; Board of Deputies calls for action against Israeli ambassador protesters; Hindu festival ritual bathing in toxic river waters; Methodist minister swaps clerical collar for drag queen outfit
Pope appoints woman to Vatican secretary-general role; Vatican “set to lose £100m” on Knightsbridge property deal; Move to restrict halal and kosher meat production angers MPs; Island forests preserved by churches in Ethiopia’s desert lands
Faith groups take to the streets at Cop26; Government “ignored” religious minorities in Afghanistan; Conversion ban proposals “loophole” allowing private prayer; Nurse finds medieval royal gold Bible using a metal detector in a field
Islamic Relief urges government to help all places of worship become net zero; Tributes paid to the entertainer Lionel Blair; Texas voters support measure to prevent state closing churches; The minister in Shetland, with a parish 197 miles long
Chief Rabbi says religious leaders sidelined at Cop26; Diwali the festival of lights is celebrated today; Catholic schools in Guernsey retain right to appoint only Catholic headteachers; Premier Christian radio director awarded Radio Academy Fellowship
Faith leadership at Cop 26 – the Pope, a bishop and a rabbi; Australian religious discrimination bill revised for the third time; No halloween costume for Strictly’s BBC Dan Walker because of his Christian beliefs
