Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion News 15 July

Bristol statue replaced, FoRB formed, facebook bans conversion therapy, millenial church attendance dropped, Tunisian blogger imprisoned, Hagia Sophia

Religion News 14 July

Academics call for Prevent overhaul, Faith leaders call for third world debt cancellation, clergy domestic abusers, Eid in Dublin Park, China sanctions US, LA church fire

Religion News 13 July

Virtual Choirs, Archbishop of York, General Synod, Bishop Tweets on Cummings, Zoom ceremony for Srebrenica, Pope on Hagia Sophia, US impose sanctions on China

Religion News 10 July

New Archbishop, House of Lords debate church income, pandemic exploitation by extremists, Scottish places of worship open, religions groups and coronavirus payment protection, teachers dismissals

Religion News 9 July

Bishops need to ‘watch their tone’ Sixteen Church of England bishops who took to twitter to criticise the Prime Minister’s special adviser Dominic Cummings, for

Religion news 8 July

UK Hajj tour operators threat British Muslim tour operators are threatened with financial ruin after the Saudi authorities barred international travellers to Mecca for the

Religion news 7 July

Legal action over locked down places of worship      Banning religious services during the coronavirus lockdown may have been illegal, according to a judgment

Religion News 3 July

Vatican concern over West Bank annexation The Vatican has reiterated that Israel and the State of Palestine “have the right to exist and to live

Religion News 2 July

Prince thanks Commonwealth faith communities The Prince of Wales has thanked religious communities for looking after their neighbours during Covid-19. In a video message to

Religion News 1 July

THE DISTURBING RISE OF THE Q-ANON CULT The new religious movement QAnon, which emerged in the States in 2017 with wild conspiracy theories, has attracted