Religion news 28 January
Digital services attract more people and are here to stay The Rev Chris Lee, the Instagram vicar who has more followers than the Church of
Digital services attract more people and are here to stay The Rev Chris Lee, the Instagram vicar who has more followers than the Church of
By Ruth Peacock A Church of England vicar with 176,000 Instagram followers, a young imam whose following increased tenfold in the pandemic, and church worship
Archbishops call on the nation to pray as UK Covid-19 deaths reach 100,000 The archbishops of Canterbury and York have called on the nation to
Church leaders join growing clamour for schools to re-open for all children as soon as possible In her last speech as the Children’s Commissioner for
QAnon followers regroup as Trump’s presidency ends without doomsday scenario QAnon followers had for months, or even years, predicted that the Trump presidency would culminate
First mosque in Britain opened as vaccine hub; Vatican bank top official jailed for embezzlement; Virtual commemoration wall for International Holocaust Remembrance Day; “Batgate” witchcraft allegation wins a football match
President Joe Biden sets out priorities to unite America and defend truth; Pope urges action on vulnerable and poor; World Health Organisation warns of moral failure if vaccines are lacking in poorer countries.
Faith groups are delivering essential services during the pandemic, but there may be tension as they fill gaps in welfare provision while retaining their distinctive ethos.
Joe Biden, faithful Catholic, becomes 46th president of the United States; Revolt over anti-genocide trade deals is defeated; The “sacred civic role” of faith groups in the pandemic; Sikhs go online to commemorate Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s birthday
MPs demand tough trade response over China’s treatment of Uyghurs; Jewish News says Stop Uyghur Genocide; American insurrectionists pray and thank God while ransacking the Senate; Archbishop gets the Covid-19 vaccine and says it’s an answer to prayer.
