Bishop: Politicians “complicit in rancid and dangerous political culture”; CofE bishops could be transformed into new shadow cabinet;; US Religious groups rise in protest defending pro-abortion rights; National mourning for Indian singer who united faith traditions
Tributes to the servant Queen on 70th anniversary of her reign; Martin Percy, Dean of Christ College Oxford, stands down; New York Times podcast investigates the Birmingham Trojan Horse scandal; Another Church of England bishop becomes a Catholic
Queen marks 70 years since accession to a role shaped by Anglicanism; Wonderful idea” to widen group choosing next Archbishop of Canterbury; Study into religious and secular funerals
New RMC podcast explores “abuse of trust and hypocrisy” at Number Ten; Faith organisations missing from Levelling Up equation; National Zakat Foundation supports refugee entrepreneurs in Bradford
Chair of Christians in Parliament considering asking PM to quit; Jewish groups furious at Amnesty International report on “apartheid” in Israel; Whoopi Goldberg apologises for saying the holocaust was not about race
The rules and values of British public life; Archbishop defends value of the BBC; LGBT+ Christians feel less safe in church than any other place; Pagan festival of Imbolc and St Brigid’s Day
Downing street parties “showed indifference to the burdens placed on everyone else”; Archbishop urges mediation and diplomacy to avert war in Ukraine; Unvaccinated priests in Cyprus threatened with the sack
The “outrageous breach” of public trust in the Downing Street parties illustrates an indifference to the sacrifice and suffering of others in society.
The World Watch List 2022 says 360 million Christians suffered persecution worldwide in 2020-21, a rise of 20 million on the previous year.
Threat of antisemitism on the rise as the world remembers the Holocaust; Faith Action leader warns of government paralysis in Downing Street parties scandal; Crystals, meditation and healing classes for children in Hartlepool
