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?
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
Journalists, police chiefs and religious leaders in the south west say more conversations are needed to build communities and share resources to tackle social challenges.
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
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
