Religion news 16 December 2021
BBC appoints Aleem Maqbool as religion editor; Church leaders in Jerusalem fear attempts to drive them out of Israel; US approves measure to monitor and report global Islamophobia; #TeamBelieve M&S jumper goes viral
BBC appoints Aleem Maqbool as religion editor; Church leaders in Jerusalem fear attempts to drive them out of Israel; US approves measure to monitor and report global Islamophobia; #TeamBelieve M&S jumper goes viral
CAFOD joins DEC Appeal for Afghanistan; Dean of Christ Church Oxford accused of being “mad and unfit to govern”; Americans are becoming less religious; Romuva on verge of becoming Lithuania’s state religion
Pope to meet authors of a report on French clergy sex abuse; Chief Rabbi expresses concern at BBC report on Oxford Street bus attack; Indian authorities crack down on egg sales
Pope urges de-escalation of tensions on Ukraine border; Churches destroyed in the Kentucky tornado; Jake Wallis Simons, new Jewish Chronicle editor; Italian bishop “crushes children” saying Santa doesn’t exist
Singing carols is a reasonable excuse to remove your face mask in church; China committed genocide against the mainly Muslim Uyghurs; Notre dame redesign passed despite objections; 500,000 antisemitic tweets in English each year
Titus Trust apologises for response to John Smyth sex abuse complaints; MPs to consider Bill to end religious school assemblies; Future of British mosques under discussion this weekend; Drag Queen United Methodist minister “relieved of his pastoral duties”
Pope Francis says European Commission “acting like a dictatorship”‘; America announces partial boycott of winter Olympic “genocide games”; Evangelical “Affinity” group may break the law in protest at conversion therapy changes; M&S “Believe” Christmas jumper is a hit with clergy
Archbishop “sickened” by gun toting US congressman’s Christmas card; Andy John, the new Archbishop in Wales; Rohingya Muslims take legal action against Facebook for fomenting genocide; Church of England digital team sweeps the board
Pope says global indifference to refugees is “shipwreck of civilisation”; Weekly church attendance is one third down since pandemic; Hanukkah candles lit at site of antisemitic abuse in central London; Billions engage with religion on TikTok and Instagram
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
