High Court case over Vatican’s €350 million property deal; HTB evangelicals in CofE threaten to breakaway over same sex marriage; Interfaith hustings hears call for re-imagining a new Britain; Episcopal church in the USA elects a new presiding bishop
Compilation of a series of articles and briefings on election issues which concern and directly affect people of faith and religious organisations in the UK
Distrust “pervasive” in Church of England; Catholic bishops appeal for politicians to address environmental concerns; Pope’s opponent made papal nuncio to the Baltic states; Irish catholics oppose assisted dying;
More than 1300 pilgrims die at the Hajj; Donald Trump courts white evangelical vote again; Priest died when church attacked in Dagestan; Sir Keir Starmer and his family’s Jewish heritage
Faith communities must help “change the narrative” on immigration; Church of England dioceses in financial trouble; Archbishop Vigano summoned to Rome on charges of schism; Ancient rites of midsummer observed once more at Stonehenge
“Tiktokification of politics” as church hustings are cancelled; 900 deaths reported at the Hajj in Mecca this year – four fold increase; “Outrageous” desecration of Stonehenge by oil protesters
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha; Sandford St Martin Trust awards creators of top religious programmes; Archbishop calls for immediate end to war in Sudan; TV presenter Dan Walker missed out on top jobs because he refused to work on Sundays
Rishi Sunak says his Hindu faith gives him strength to carry on; Palestinians invited to Mecca for the Hajj; Call for 30 per cent pay rise for CofE clergy; Pope tells comedians they unite people, making God smile
Two million Muslims gather for the Hajj in Mecca; Dr Luke Bretherton appointed as professor of moral and pastoral theology at Oxford; Theos research on top election issues finds differences in religious vote
Sir Keir Starmer pledges strong partnerships with faith communities; UK Hindus unite behind election manifesto; Call for French Olympic athletes headscarves ban to be reversed; Brass eagle theft from Edgbaston church captured on CCTV
