Religion news 29 July
Racism “blights the life of our churches”; Wiley’s accounts deleted after #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate campaign; CofE announces Christmas campaign with 150 days to go
Racism “blights the life of our churches”; Wiley’s accounts deleted after #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate campaign; CofE announces Christmas campaign with 150 days to go
Pilgrims start arriving for the Hajj; Sheffield Cathedral defends decision to scrap the choir; Dominican brother blames president of Brazil for coronavirus ‘genocide’
British Muslim tour operators threatened after Saudi authorities barred international travellers to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage in a measure to control the Covid-19 epidemic
48 hour boycott of Twitter and Facebook in protest at antisemitic posts; Petition to save Sheffield Cathedral Choir,; cathedrals and churches in financial trouble due to lockdown
Hagia Sophia opens for prayers. Coronavirus spreads – Hindu pilgrimage cancelled; hundreds of children at risk from church summer cam; fear causing anti Semitic backlash.
Social Cohesion Report, religious response to Uighurs in China, ordination of interfaith ministers, Augustine Tanner-Ihm tweets, choir sacked at Sheffield Cathedral, Hagia Sophia
Knights’ Chamber at Peterborough Cathedral becomes a temporary court; Face masks to be worn in church; Hong Kong Archbishop provokes fury for supporting China’s national security law
Call for international action on Uyghur ‘genocide’; CofE disciplinary process leaves clergy suicidal; President Trump warns ‘religion will be over’
Modern slavery app launched, Vatican sex abuse manual, conversion therapy, Tolpuddle martyrs, Lourdes pilgrimage, US Bishop cleared, Scientology TV series pulled
New Anglican bishops, methodist services online, Oasis UK, Russia bans same-sex marriage, CAFOD refugee appeal
