Three US cardinals appeal for ‘moral foreign policy’; US churches highlight non-violence on Martin Luther King day; Church leaders in Jerusalem condemn Christian Zionism; Board of Deputies president says extremist settler violence must end; 150 people abducted from church services in Nigeria
Archbishop for US Military says talk on Greenland “tarnishes” United States: UN 80th anniversary celebrated at Methodist Central Hall; ‘Herd immunity’ to Christianity in Britain in decline?; Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ banned at Polish weddings
RMC weekly newsletter 16 January 2026 – Questions of Hope and Hate report; World Watch list says 388 million Christians faced persecution in 2024; US prayer vigil for Renee Good shot dead in Minneapolis; British Sikh report reveals record levels of fear
British Sikh ‘unique fear’ amid rise in far right rhetoric and hate crime; Profound impact of ICE campaigns on Minneapolis churches; Catholic bishops in Wales call for day of fasting against assisted dying bill; Report finds growing number of British-born imams
World Watch List charts increasing Christian persecution in 2025; Government ‘should U-turn’ on proposed Islamophobia definition; CofE same sex clergy marriage and blessing services decisions delayed; Call for BBC to strengthen commitment to religious broadcasting
US bishops urge Christians to stand up for immigrants whatever the cost; Bishop of Greenland adamant that the country is not for sale; Scottish grandmother in court over abortion buffer zone charges
Call for faith to unite communities as forces of division ‘grow louder’; Chief Rabbi ‘not proud’ of settler violence; Jewish MP banned from visiting Bristol school; Bishop of Oxford condemns Grok’s ‘truly appalling’ deepfake tech
Iran protests driven in part by ‘opposition to imposed state religion’; Report warns of growing politicisation of religion in Britain; Pete Meadows, evangelical ‘elder statesman’, has died aged 84
RMC weekly newsletter 9 January 2026 – Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas; Report on faultlinies around interfaith engagement in changing Britain; Mourners attend mass for victims of Swiss bar fire
Lords given more time for Assisted Dying Bill debate; Dame Sarah Mullally cleared over abuse handling complaint; Pope calls for annual meetings of worldwide cardinals
