Religion news 6 February 2024
Prayers for the King from all faith traditions; Poll indicates Labour party’s support among British Muslims has fallen; Council of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to discuss role of women
Prayers for the King from all faith traditions; Poll indicates Labour party’s support among British Muslims has fallen; Council of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to discuss role of women
Churches “facilitating industrial-scale bogus asylum claims”; Forty Christians on board the Bibby Stockholm; Ordination of new Catholic bishop of Plymouth halted; Assisted dying petition wins support for parliamentary debate
Bishop resigns from CofE Living in Love and Faith process as church fractures; “Nine O’Clock Service” vicar facing 34 historical charges of sex assault; Museum in Thetford granted £200k for Sikh exhibtion
St Brigid’s Day honouring Irish saint and creativity of women; Met apologises for gospel singer busking incident; US Jewish Press editor faces jail over Capitol riots; CofE clergy pay mistake brings out sympathy vote on Twitter
Media Bill removing requirement for religious programming, goes through to the Lords; Muslim Council of Britain says government should reverse UNRWA funding freeze; United Methodists lose a quarter of churches in disagreement over same sex relationships
MPs move to make Freedom of Religion or Belief envoy a permanent role; Public buildings lit up in purple for Holocaust Memorial Day; How war has brought stronger Jewish identity in Israel; CofE is “an ecclesiastical version of the News of the World”
Church buildings the biggest challenge facing the country’s heritage; Blockbuster film series “The Chosen” premieres season four in Soho; Non-religion on the rise in USA could change political landscape; Tribute to Tim Joss, who helped to found the RMC
The Media Bill removes the requirement for public service broadcasters to include programmes on religion, but will this threaten religious broadcasting?
Ofcom will continue to collect data on religious broadcasting “for the foreseeable future”; Bishop of Southwark says Israel must not become its own worst enemy ; US Pastor and wife pocketed more than $1million in cryptocurrency scheme
Narendra Modi inaugurates Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya; Pope thanks Vatican journalists for “delicacy” when covering lurid scandals; Bishops urge unity in Wales as debate continues over governance
