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
Martyn Percy complaint will not go to church tribunal; Boris Johnson – Britain’s first Roman Catholic PM; New Catholic laws make sex abuse and grooming a criminal offence; 57 million Americans still believe in QAnon
The surprise wedding of the Prime Minster Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds at Westminster Cathedral this weekend has provoked sharp responses on the relationship between church law and ethics.
Boris Johnson’s wedding – “the optics for the church are terrible”; Catastrophic moral failure if world fails to vaccinate everyone against Covid-19; John Newton memorial and exhibition in his parish church is given go ahead
Gordon Brown to launch Methodist social justice campaign; Muslim Council of Britain challenges the media for skewed reporting of Palestine; Ravi Zacharias’ daughter makes first public statement on her father’s historical sex abuse
Investigation re-instates Batley teacher following cartoon row; ‘House of One’ foundation stone laid; US Catholic bishops move to prevent Biden from taking communion; Assisted dying bill starts passage through Parliament
“House of One” Berlin project for three religions to share one building; Discrimination against Muslims in Conservative party; Campaign against “draconian” ban on singing in church; Belief in life after death stronger in young people
Ruth Peacock hosted with Imam Osman Oers, Sophia Athie, Daniel Leon, Sir Bernard Rix; Canon David Thomas, Rev Jessica Foster, Imam Qari Asim & Rabbi Alex Goldberg.
Bishop questions whether Diana report puts too much “onto the head of Martin Bashir”; Faith leaders call for equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccine; Antisemitic attacks on the rise in America
Bishop Nick Baines in conversation with Roger Bolton on Martin Bashir.
