Southern Baptists appoint moderate President Ed Litton; Church commissioners money investigated for slavery links; Bishop challenges anomaly allowing singing in pubs not churches; Reuters: French Muslims more at risk from Covid-19
BBC under fire from MPs over Martin Bashir’s appointment as religious affairs correspondent; Rowan Williams says G7 missed chance to tackle vaccination crisis; Southern Baptists meet in Nashville facing a fractured future; Portsmouth Cathedral launches its own gin
Archbishop warns more work needed to supply Covid-19 vaccines; President Biden attends mass in the local church in St Ives; 2021 Hajj cancelled to people outside Saudi Arabia; Does Boris Johnson believe in God?
Rowan Williams tells government: take the lead on vaccine equality; Catholic Universe and Times close after 160 years; Pope refuses to accept German Cardinal’s resignation; Pandemic advice combines psychology with the Islamic tradition
Humanist leads Sheffield hospitals chaplaincy team; Prosecute faith leaders who flout gay conversion therapy ban; Protests at teachers’ union antisemitism training; Date set for Methodist vote on same sex marriage
Teenage Christians in Cornwall protest on climate change as G7 leaders arrive; Call for closer links between Muslim seminaries and UK universities; Creationist First Minister and DUP Leader in Northern Ireland; Sandford St Martin 2021 broadcasting winners
UK Muslims and Sikhs urge reversal of international aid cut; Sir Michael Wilshaw heads JFS Jewish comprehensive school; Eric Metaxas radio show pulled; Rector of St Helen’s Bishopsgate abused by John Smyth; Non Muslim to lead The Penny Appeal charity
Bishop appeals to MPs to reverse international aid budget cuts; Religious leaders back assisted dying bill; Iona Abbey refurbishment opens today; Noah’s Ark stuck in Ipswich docks
Bishop apologises for tweeting “never trust a Tory”; Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy are acquitted; Restrictions on Muslims in Germany to contain political Islam; Staycations exploring the UK’s heritage of sacred spaces
Tearfund: G7 nations supporting fossil fuels not clean energy; Rebellion to reverse international aid budget cut; Project to build massive monument to prayer appeals for cash, prayers and road name; Two thirds of Americans pray once a week
