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.
Governments, agencies and charities bring aid to Beirut; John Hume remembered for “a meaningful life”; a new Hindu temple in Ayodhya.
Aid agencies are flocking to help the people of Beirut after the massive explosion which killed at least 100 people and injured 4,000. Buildings were flattened and
75th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki attack – Bishops renew call for nuclear weapons to be banned; CofE sexuality debate on collision course; Church urged to grow more trees; Dorset village row over pew removal.
Junia Joplin, a Baptist minister in Canada, who came out as a trans woman in a zoom sermon, has lost her job after the congregation voted her out.
Tributes to John Hume, peacemaker in Ireland; Former Pope Benedict XVI said to be seriously ill; Trans Baptist pastor told to quit Canadian church.
