Creating Connections: Religion and the media in Leeds
Leeds is a richly diverse city where communities came together during the pandemic and worked with the media to strengthen ties.
Leeds is a richly diverse city where communities came together during the pandemic and worked with the media to strengthen ties.
Sir David Amess – the man who wore his faith in his heart; Seventeen US missionaries kidnapped in Haiti; Tai Chi classed as a religion in Quebec; 400 umbrellas displayed in a church as a symbol of miscarriage trauma
Local journalists reflecting the voices of religion in Leeds; Bishop Michael Nazir Ali converts to Catholicism; Religiously motivated hate crime figures down by 18 per cent; Ambitious documentary of Guru Nanak’s travels
The Religion Media Centre launches a project to enhance religious literacy and understanding in a landscape often fraught with misconceptions and assumptions on both sides. “Creating Connections, where Religion meets the Media”, will be held in five cities, bringing together religious groups and journalists.
Kemi Badenoch MP becomes new faith minister; Defenders of cherished parish churches slam attempts to steamroll closures; Pope John Paul I passes all tests to become a saint; Facebook removes 15 times more antisemitic hate speech than five years ago
In France, secrecy of the confessional does not apply to child sex abuse; Chine McDonald the new director of Theos; Division in the Global Anglican group already split from Anglican Communion; The universe: a mystery that has no answer
Guardian seeking evidence that secular Britain is becoming more spiritual; Campaign to re-instate Bristol professor sacked after antisemitism complaint; Primary school commended as pictures of two schoolboys praying goes viral
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
