RMC weekly newsletter 12 September 2025 – Charlie Kirk murdered at university event; House of Lords began debating Assisted Dying Bill; Faith minister Lord Khan loses job in reshuffle; King to attend first Catholic funera by a monarch in Britain since Reformation
Pope Leo concerned at ‘truly serious situation’ after Qatar attack; Bangor Cathedral choir suspended following ‘Canticle of Indignation’; Archbishop resigns in dispute amid ‘spiritual Disneyland’ development at Mount Sinai; UK’s oldest Jewish cemetery discovered at The Barbican
FaithAction launches evaluation of Faith Covenant scheme; Quakers seek to join in judicial review of Palestine Action decision; US National Conservatism conference speakers ‘regard Muslims as the enemy’; African Methodism grows after autonomy on sexuality
King to attend first Catholic funeral by a monarch in Britain since the reformation; Faith minister Lord Khan has left the government; YouGov survey suggests 21 per cent of British public hold antisemitic views; Runners and riders in the Archbishop of Canterbury race
RMC weekly newsletter 5 September 2025 – How British Muslims repsond to raise the flag campaign; Lookahead to Carlo Acutis becoming a saint; US catholic LGBTQ+ campaigner meets Pope Leo
Bishop of Warrington resigns after absence of two years; Chris Brain faces retrial on outstanding rape and sex abuse charges; Churches ‘regret’ distress caused in mother and baby homes in England; Scotland’s Jewish Council says First Minister endangering Jews
King Charles visits Birmingham Oratory, once the home of St John Henry Newman; Former Cornwall Methodist leader charged with sexual assault; Warning of ‘messy revolution’ unless older Muslims give way to younger leaders
British Muslims resist attacks in ‘patriotic’ flag frenzy; Green party elects Jewish leader and Muslim deputy leader; Explainer – Carlo Acutis, millennial saint, to be canonised this Sunday
Islamic Relief mobilises emergency aid after Afghanistan earthquake; Pope Leo ‘has same openness to LGBTQ issues’ as Pope Francis; Contents of Spurgeon’s College go under the hammer this month; Starvation sect in Kenya is active again
Archbishop: UK should resist “kneejerk” deportation proposal; Extra security at mosques after asylum hotel protests; Faith leaders urge government to lift two child benefit cap; Templeton $3.89 million for study on beauty
