Global consultation launched heralding reform of Catholic church; Pope not now attending Cop 26; Thirty mosques ordered to close in France; Langhar week highlights work of gurdwaras in feeding the hungry; Lords debate bill to end compulsory daily acts of worship
Clergy cuts and parish re-organisation in Leicester; The value of studying Religious Education; No further action against charity in cash to Gaza investigation; CofE’s Racial Justice Commission membership announced
French church sex abuse compensation claims could reach €2billion; Reforming the structures of the Catholic church an “urgent priority”; Auschwitz museum daubed with antisemitic graffiti; 30 years of English cathedral girl choristers
330,000 children abused by Catholic clergy and laity in France; Roman Catholic church overhauls power structures in “most ambitious reform for 60 years”; City of London rejects plans for tower block near UK’s oldest synagogue
Forty religious leaders call on governments to tackle climate change; Bishop says taxpayers pick up effect of problem gambling – suicide, homelessness, debt; Citygate Christian Outreach Centre, in Beckenham, under investigation; Swedish cartoonist of the Prophet Mohammed dies in car crash inferno
Forty religious leaders meet in Rome to appeal for action on climate change; 3,000 paedophiles in French Catholic church since 1950; Songs of Praise congratulated by the Queen on its 60th anniversary; Donald Trump – No one has done more for Christianity than me.
Bishops, churches and faith based charities have protested at government plans to cut the universal credit £20 uplift, saying it risks causing hunger, debt and evictions
Global hostilities involving religion fall to the lowest level in five years; California man gets life sentence for fatal synagogue attack; New appointments to Independent Safeguarding Board; Conversion therapy report recommends ban on prayer to change gender identity
Deep seated dissatisfaction with online worship but it’s here to stay; Church closure decision in Croydon met with claims of racism; Muslim Council of Britain issues refugee guide; Christian meditation technique tried on children – and the Archbishop’s Council
1100 faith leaders say cut to universal credit will force millions into poverty; Canadian Catholic bishops pledge £30 million to heal abuse against children in residential schools; Dalai Lama supports Edinburgh cafe at risk of closure
