More than 3,000 Christians hacked to death in Nigeria this year; US Capitol rioters perceived themselves to be Christians; Covid vaccination campaign in Tanzania defies Christian critics; Glasgow church roof collapses in devastating blaze
Fraud and embezzlement trial starts in the Vatican; France suspends Imam for remarks against women; Olympic chaplains minister to athletes’ failure and disappointment online
Landmark Vatican fraud trial starts today; Pope speaks of the scandal of hunger; £500 billion mindfulness retreat industry; Stained glass at Canterbury Cathedral oldest in the world
Lords concerned about human rights abuses against religious minorities in India; France passes law against threat of extremists; CofE evangelical project denies priests and parishes are “limiting factors”
No new Covid cases from this year’s Hajj; Humanists UK assemble coalition to fight limitation on judicial review; Social security system is pushing families into debt; Tittle tattle tabloid journalism behind downfall of senior US Catholic cleric
Bishop says government must be more robust against China’ over treatment of Uyghurs; Pegasus spyware targeted Muslim activists in Britain; Dissolved Canadian parish gives way to a church plant and circus shows
60,000 pilgrims begin the annual Hajj as related UK business reel from Covid cuts; Covid restrictions are lifted by CofE but it warns people to be cautious; Turkey condemns EU headscarves ban as Islamophobic and discriminatory
Pope Francis leaves hospital ten days after surgery; Mediator in Christ Church v Dean dispute leaves without a resolution; Saudi Arabia will take legal action on Hajj pilgrims without permits; Dippy the dinosaur residing at Norwich Cathedral
MPs decision to cut international aid condemned as “devastating, unjust, heartless”; Methodist church urges caution as Covid-19 restrictions end; Growing US trend to compost dead bodies meets opposition
Football and religion, hope and disappointment; 10,000 or 20,000 new Church of England groups?; Jewish cultural centre beside the sea; Boris Johnson: a “very bad Christian”
