Religion news 26 June 2025
Amol Rajan on his spiritual journey at the Kumbh Mela; CofE silence on grooming gangs shows class divide; Justin Welby’s support for same sex blessings; Truro Cathedral displays embroidered story of creation
Amol Rajan on his spiritual journey at the Kumbh Mela; CofE silence on grooming gangs shows class divide; Justin Welby’s support for same sex blessings; Truro Cathedral displays embroidered story of creation
Board of Deputies suspends five after public letter criticised Israel; National Prayer Breakfast asserts Christian foundations of public life; Muslim World League leader meets MPs; Three ‘trailblazers’ in interfaith dialogue awarded gold medals
Israel and Iran agree to a ceasefire; Chief Rabbi ‘evacuated out of Israel on RAF plane’; Archbishop of Wales apologises for ‘errors of judgement’; 2025 National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast this morning; Pope Leo warns of AI’s impact on young people
Pope Leo XIV pleads for peace in the Middle East; Bishop of Chelmsford issues prayer for Iran; Assisted Dying – ‘Our establishment has lost any sense of right and wrong’; Suicide bomber kills 22 praying in a church in Syria
Reaction to Assisted Dying vote collated here – from shock, disappointment, concern and feelings of terror, to elation at a ‘landmark moment for dignity’
‘Knife edge’ vote on Assisted Dying Bill takes place today; Board of Deputies urges safe passage for Brits in Israel; Pope visits Vatican’s ‘invaluable’ shortwave radio centre; Portable ‘tiny church’ in Denmark
‘Catholic hospices and homes may close’ if Assisted Dying bill becomes law; Covid ‘accelerated trend towards secularisation’ says report; Commons Education Committee told RE is vital for social cohesion
A global project to examine the changing role of religion in public life during the Covid pandemic has concluded that it accelerated secularisation.
Catholic bishops ‘deeply alarmed’ at abortion amendment; Sandford St Martin awards for religious broadcasting announced; Covid showed ‘accelerated trend towards secularisation’; Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral now Grade One listed building
Grooming gangs report: Casey warns silence on ethnicity fuels harm; Search for children’s remains at Irish Catholic mother and baby home; Catholic bishops speak out against proposed change to abortion law; First translation of Bible in Welsh on public display in Pembrokeshire
