Bishop tells Trump: have mercy on our scared people; Pope says US deportation plan is ‘a disgrace’; Community church says Southport killer’s family ‘devastated’; Harriet Harman proposes end to CofE bishops’ right to sit in the Lords
Trump: ‘God saved me to make America great again’; Muslim Hands report ‘glimmer of relief’ in Gaza; CofE services for same sex blessings face another delay; Radical ‘Sea of Faith’ theologian, Don Cupitt, has died
Welcome return of Israeli hostages and calls for immediate aid to Gaza; Faith leaders line up support Trump on Inauguration Day; Moral dilemma in the Church of England over its use of Twitter /X; Tesco worker who wore a “fez” to work, loses religious discrimination claim
Government announces national audit of grooming gangs; Eighteen charities demand justice for Palestinians; Survey says 12 per cent of UK adults are antisemitic; Acting on Makin review a “watershed moment” for CofE; Monthly bonus to Vatican families with three children
The lost music of Auschwitz uncovered by young British composer; Decision on changes to church repair scheme announced soon; Grooming gang debate descends into anger in Welsh Senedd; Three day meeting on the future of the United Reformed Church
Pope’s autobiography ‘Hope’ in a life of tension; National consultation on future of Inter Faith Week; Holocaust reception at Buckingham Palace; Peterborough Cathedral’s financial crisis may force part closure
“Muslim Leadership Council” the government can engage with; 400 million pilgrims expected for Hindu festival in India; Pope awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction; Would be children’s TV presenter turned nun, in line for sainthood
Religious buildings destroyed and communities ripped apart by fire in Los Angeles; Tributes to President Carter, whose life was ‘a testament to the goodness of God’; Founder of Sikh Youth UK jailed for theft; New church pilgrimage centre opened at site of Jesus’ baptism
Justin Welby leaves office after a turbulent 12 years; Archbishop of York takes over a church in turmoil today; Policy Exchange report on Muslim Council of Britain election; Progressive cardinal appointed to Washington DC as Trump moves in
Welby steps down after evensong tonight; Action, not ‘racist witch hunt’, needed to tackle grooming gangs; The vicar on ‘The Traitors’ obsessed with murder; Pope tells nuns not to adopt ‘a vinegar face’
