Religion news 30 August 2024
Pope Francis, 87, prepares for longest foreign trip in his papacy; Pope and Archbishop denounced over comments on Israel; Kamala Harris campaign hires faith engagement director;
Pope Francis, 87, prepares for longest foreign trip in his papacy; Pope and Archbishop denounced over comments on Israel; Kamala Harris campaign hires faith engagement director;
Pope says pushing back migrants is “a grave sin”; Call for next Conservative leader to act decisively on Islamophobia; Half a million people climb to cathedral rooftops; Hillsong founder Brian Houston launches new online church
US Church pays off $8 million of community’s medical debts; New Bishop of Wolverhampton, a marine engineer who once served in Kenya; Jewish grandmother standing for US president in six states; Refugee family separated by war re-united and supported by Church of Scotland
Millions join the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq, the biggest annual gathering on earth; Ekklesia to cease its work as a think tank on religion in public life; Singing Amazing Grace improves heart blood flow
21.5 milllion people joined the Arbaeen pilgrimage to the shrine of the third Imam in Shia history, Imam Hussein bin Ali, martyred in 680 CE and buried in Karbala, Iraq.
Closing churches leads to loss of up to a third of the congregation ; GCSE Religious Education still popular despite teacher shortages; Millions of Shia pilgrims flock to Karbala in Iraq; Chaos at Barnabas Aid
Let me take you down … to a revolutionary Sally Army project; Bishop “hugely disquieted” by custodial sentences on young people involved in riots; Petition to re-instate school chaplain gathers support as Archbishop told his response was plainly wrong; Lord Farmer distances himself from daughter in law’s right wing views on Zionism
Democrats emphasise values not beliefs in pluralistic society; Ukraine bans groups linked to the Russian Orthodox Church; Christians are the world’s largest migrant group, with Jews most likely to migrate; “Laughter yoga” is catching on across the world
Woman who silently prayed outside abortion clinic wins £13k for wrongful arrest; World church leaders call for justice to combat global outbreak of Mpox; Poll finds fear that assisted dying cannot be safely implemented; Blind dates offered by Jewish Chronicle
Trump’s evangelical supporters make
people “walk away” from Christianity; British Jewish and Muslim leaders’ solidarity a “blueprint” for alliance against hate; Miracles and healing at Twickenham Stadium; Norman churches in north Kent re-opened together for first time since Black Death
