RMC weekly newsletter 13 June 2025 – Religion Media Festival reports online, Hindus pray for victims of Air India crash, Pew says Christianity is still world’s largest religion, Tom Holland appointed Canon at Salisbury Cathedral
Hindu temple prayers for victims of the Ahmedabad air crash; MPs debate legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales; Christian Aid marks 80th anniversary; Bishop seeks more money to save clergy jobs
Religion Media Festival 2025 – how faith can set the agenda; Theos report tackles criticism of religious ideas in assisted dying debate; Christian charity criticises spending review and calls for a wealth tax; Faith leaders pledge non-violence in Los Angeles as officers train guns on them
Christianity remains world’s largest religion, but growth is slower than Islam; Historian Tom Holland made a Canon at Salisbury Cathedral; Twelve MPs back bill to ‘protect right to criticise religion’
The appointment of Pope Leo XIV – “the Holy Spirit thickening the plot”; 10.7 per cent CofE clergy pay rise; US Episcopalian Church condemns LA immigration raids; Scientists rediscover divine “Egyptian Blue” pigment
Religion Media Festival taking place today; Bishop steps down from leading the Living in Love and Faith project; Labour ‘losing Muslim support over Gaza and Islamophobia’; India will include questions about caste in national census
RMC weekly newsletter 6 June 2025 – Hajj turned into a cyber pilgrimage; Islam Channel owners acquire Tribune; Man who burned Quran guilty of religiously aggravated offence; Commission meets to select next Archbishop of Canterbury
Former Bishop of Durham among seven clergy to face disciplinary charges over Makin review; Diocese of Jerusalem condemns attack on Al Ahli Arab hospital; Hajj pilgrim numbers down on last year; Plans to submerge 12 Hindu statues into Weymouth Bay
Islam Channel owner buys ‘Tribune’; Irish bishops express ‘grave concern at humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza’; Bishop calls on government to ‘address’ two child benefit cap
Inquiry into government’s failure to set up ethics watchdog; Church Multiplication Centre downsizing due to lack of funds; Rap trio ‘Kneecap’ will perform at Glastonbury despite Jewish fears
