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 25 August 2021

Christian Aid continuing to work with local partners in Afghanistan; Muslim Hands major appeal for “nightmare in Afghanistan”; Pope gives €230,000 to Haiti earthquake victims; Methodist minister sings entire hymn book for charity

Religion news 24 August 2021

Faith groups at centre of US effort to help Afghan evacuees as UK faiths and charities mobilise; Afghan Hindus and Sikhs evacuated to India; Hasidic Jewish family face the death of their severely disabled toddler this week; CofE sets up network to support UK minority ethnic trainee clergy

Religion news 23 August 2021

Cardinal says UK should take as many Afghan refugees as it can; Serial child abuser John Smyth – the Church of England’s Jimmy Savile; Vaccine sceptic Cardinal Raymond Burke recovering from Covid-19

Religion news 16 August 2021

Victorious Taliban set to impose strict interpretation of sharia law in Afghanistan; Vaccine denier Cardinal Burke on a ventilator with Covid-19; Prayers in Plymouth after gunman shot five dead

Religion news 13 August 2021

The city of Herat falls to the Taliban; Decline in number of students taking GCSE in Religious Studies; UN report on climate change is a “shofar blast” warning to take action; The day the Pope met “Jesus”

Religion news 12 August 2021

Dominican pilgrimage mistaken for stag night; Orthodox church urges urgent response to climate change; Fort Augustus Abbey child sex abuse blighted childrens’ lives; US survey on popularity of tarot cards

Religion news 9 August 2021

Afghan regions fall to the Taleban; Archbishop: English patriots disregarded as backwardly xenophobic; Irish bishops revolt against Covid-19 sacrament ban

Religion news 6 August 2021

Culture Secretary’s crackdown on social media antisemitism; Founder of Hillsong charged with concealing information on child sex abuse case; Campaign to save the Church of England parish system

Religion news 5 August 2021

Pope calls for more assistance to Lebanon; $105 million for projects exploring deep questions affecting mankind; MPs set up APPG on safeguarding in faith communities; Sikh and Hindu site for scattering ashes on the River Taff

Religion news 4 August 2021

Facebook offers prayers on a click as religion goes online; Myanmar Catholic bishops facing national crises call for prayer campaign; Churches have a future for secular and religious purposes; al faith sport and festival in July captured in pictures