Religion news 5 December 2024
Religious messages disrupt FA’s rainbow campaign; Civitas report says CofE bureaucracy risks parish existence: Church of England congregations increased in 2023; Commons Bill to add ‘Sikh’ and ‘Jewish’ in ethnicity data
Religious messages disrupt FA’s rainbow campaign; Civitas report says CofE bureaucracy risks parish existence: Church of England congregations increased in 2023; Commons Bill to add ‘Sikh’ and ‘Jewish’ in ethnicity data
Trust, fear and betrayal at the heart of the assisted dying debate; Bishop Jo Bailey Wells steps back over John Smyth abuse; Community Security Trust reflects on 30 years; Exhibition of men’s fashion at Friday prayers
Wolverhampton ‘Creating Connectons’ in football, media and religion; Catholic Bishop: ‘Britain is no longer a Christian country’; Jewish community leaders urge PM to take action to keep them safe; Scottish Parliament sent an Advent wreath for reflection at Christmas
Assisted Dying: “Don’t ram religious ideas down my throat”; Bishop of Newcastle ‘frozen out’ by fellow bishops for speaking out on safeguarding; Humanists UK poll on bishops in the Lords; World gets first glimpse of restored Notre Dame cathedral
MPs voted to allow Assisted Dying by a majority of 55, after a debate with multiple stories of painful deaths and despite fears of coercion and impact on vulnerable people
Assisted Dying – MPs vote today but outcome unclear; Three more ‘major CofE abuse scandals will break next year’; An evening to remember Beatle George Harrison at Bhaktivedanta Manor; 900 serious conversations with AI Jesus
Deputy PM Angela Rayner meets the Pope; Muslim MP calls for laws to outlaw desecration of religious texts; Assisted Dying bill – 489 MPs undecideds or unknowns; Orthodox and evangelical churches growing, while nominal Christianity declines; The imam and community leader standing for election in Ireland
Church of the future will offer community for loneliness, action on social need and intense experience different to daily life.
Chief Rabbi says Assisted Dying bill presents fundamental moral challenge to society; CofE plans ‘affordable housing’ on its land; Rayner stops tower from looming over oldest synagogue; BBC celebrates Christmas without Welby
Faith groups and media meet at Wolverhampton Wanderers; Asissted dying vote “too close to call”; Prof Alexis Jay says more CofE leaders must resign after Makin review; Penny Mordaunt and Lord Mann to lead antisemitism commission; Catholic women to go on strike in campaign for equality
