Religion news 20 August
Pope says poor must have access to the covid19 vaccine; Mormon support for Trump is waning; Mural masterpiece in Oldham under threat.
Pope says poor must have access to the covid19 vaccine; Mormon support for Trump is waning; Mural masterpiece in Oldham under threat.
Racism in the Church of England ‘a house of horrors’; Muslims say young people taking exams must be treated with due respect; Shortage of Roman Catholic priests in Ireland.
Bishop says government u turn on how to grade A-levels is “bewildering boggling”; US Democratic party lines up faith speakers at convention; Tudor Catholic family’s hidden manuscripts found under floorboards.
The government should apologise for A-level “mess”; Pope calls for respect and justice in Belarus; Deep frustration at slow change in CofE over handling of sex abuse claims.
A-level results process means exceptional youngsters are “treated as an aberration”; “The Tablet” is 180 years old; and the UK’s first female Muslim football referee.
US vice president candidate Kamala Harris says “faith is a verb”; Charity Commission urged to investigate Church of England over safeguarding process; Catholics in China told to teach children to be patriotic and respect Chinese national symbols.
A number of polls on religion during the lockdown suggest a surge in young people praying and a quest for holistic spirituality; Bishop appeals for compassionate response to refugees; $5million from Islamic Relief to help the people of Beirut.
Pope gives €250,000 to devastated Beirut; Orthodox Jewish community at risk of coronavirus; organ music returns to Welsh churches; and Wordsworth’s former home becomes a Buddhist retreat centre.
Forty faith leaders have urged the international community to take action over the ‘potential genocide’ of the Uyghurs at the hands of the Chinese authorities.
Islamic Relief mounts aid operation for 200,000 people made homeless in Beirut; World faith leaders call for nuclear weapons to be banned; the Vatican appoints six women to group overseeing finances.
