Creating Connections for faith groups and the media in Bangor today; Government to name anti-Muslim hostility adviser this week; Antigua church service puts reparations debate in focus; US Christian voice in mid-term elections, as faith leaders protect the vote
The King will inaugurate the CofE’s new General Synod; Pope Leo requests postal ballot vote in US elections; Weekend festivals mark threshold between seasons and worlds
Christians Against Poverty says Budget ‘missed opportunities’; Christianity at risk of ‘losing its roots’ in Taybeh on the West Bank; CPS categorising hate crimes separately against Jews and Muslims
Bishops plead for human dignity and common good at heart of Budget; Board of Deputies ‘will uphold Zionist values whatever the election result’; Pope Leo says ‘no such thing as a holy war’
Israel election ‘affects Jews worldwide’; Evangelical and Catholic vote decisive as Lula re-elected in Brazil; US evening of prayer for safe elections; Welsh schools ‘failing to provide consistent religious education’
Board of Deputies says Green party has become a racist party; Nuns rebuke 12 Catholic bishops who prayed over Trump; Jordan church shooting leaves nine dead and 40 injured
Muslim news website Hyphen to close as UAE funding withdrawn; The next CofE General Synod ‘will be as deadlocked as the last’; Fears that Southwell Minster may close due to financial crisis; Church challenges order to stop amplified street preaching
BBC Daily Service to be broadcast at 0545 on BBC local radio; Pope Leo XIV’s doctors confirm ‘no further treatment is necessary’; Christian climate groups condemn Jackdaw gas field approval; Churches offer prayers for Aberfan on 60th anniversary of disaster
BBC Daily Service moving to local radio and BBC Sounds; ‘A ministry of tears’: Aberfan remembered 60 years on; Schools urged to treat antisemitism as distinct category of harm; Jains and Christians unite to promote non-violence and peace
Kenyan pastor of starvation sect guilty of 191 murders; Priest killed after crucifix falls from church wall in Ecuador; Pope Leo calls President Zelensky about humanitarian aid; New global research initiative to explore Mysticism
