Religion news 17 August 2023
Faith leaders plan parallel G20 meeting next month; Churches in Pakistan vandalised after blasphemy accusation; Netflix series launches about a boy who performs miracles like Jesus
Faith leaders plan parallel G20 meeting next month; Churches in Pakistan vandalised after blasphemy accusation; Netflix series launches about a boy who performs miracles like Jesus
Rishi Sunak: “My faith guides me in every aspect of my life”; Thousands at Parliament of World Religions told religion should never be a force for harm; Nationally important Knights Templar church found near Dudley
Parliament of World Religions meets in Chicago to promote harmony; Catholics in Northern Ireland police service worried after data breach; European Court hears case challenging worship ban during Covid; Secular call for bishops to lose their place in the House of Lords
Historic churches destroyed in Maui wildfire zone; Russian Orthodox priests cancelled for opposing war in Ukraine; Democracy “essential to realise humanist principles”; Cathedral organists drawn into heavy metal
Record demand for help from National Zakat Foundation; Visitors’ centre for St Bride’s Mound, Glastonbury; US Methodist ministers’ wellbeing decline; Scientists find hint of a new force of nature
Army veteran pleads not guilty to praying in an abortion clinic buffer zone; Catholic campaign to lift faith based schools admissions cap; Move in Lebanon to ban Barbie film on religious grounds; Text Jesus for free and be told you are his friend
The “otherworldly resonance” of Sinead O’Connor; Jesuit Refugee Service director speaks of appalling level of need in Syria; Methodist charity wants to expand work on modern slavery; Exorcist director has died aged 87
Iranian Christian among first asylum seekers sent to the Bibby Stockholm; Charity Commission critical of Jehovah’s Witnesses trustees; Lurid pink “Jesus Ken” and “Barbie Virgin Mary” dolls cause outrage
1.5 million people attend World Youth Day closing mass; Sinead O’Connor, proudly Irish and Muslim, buried tomorrow; Hindu Republican presidential candidate courts Christian right
Pope tells half a million young Catholics the church is for everyone; Franklin Graham says Trump indictments attempt to wound him politically; First rabbi for 800 years for Jewish community in York; Survey to find Hindu temple under 600 year old Indian mosque
