Religion news 3 September 2025
British Muslims resist attacks in ‘patriotic’ flag frenzy; Green party elects Jewish leader and Muslim deputy leader; Explainer – Carlo Acutis, millennial saint, to be canonised this Sunday
British Muslims resist attacks in ‘patriotic’ flag frenzy; Green party elects Jewish leader and Muslim deputy leader; Explainer – Carlo Acutis, millennial saint, to be canonised this Sunday
Islamic Relief mobilises emergency aid after Afghanistan earthquake; Pope Leo ‘has same openness to LGBTQ issues’ as Pope Francis; Contents of Spurgeon’s College go under the hammer this month; Starvation sect in Kenya is active again
Archbishop: UK should resist “kneejerk” deportation proposal; Extra security at mosques after asylum hotel protests; Faith leaders urge government to lift two child benefit cap; Templeton $3.89 million for study on beauty
Ed Davey says Christian faith leads him to decline Trump state banquet invitation; Bishop of Oxford accuses Nigel Farage of ‘deliberately increasing fear of the stranger’; UK government ‘clear-eyed’ about threat to British Jews from Iran; Humain Chat – the AI app that aligns with Islamic values
Mass shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school kills two children; Former leader of Iona community, Kathy Galloway, has died aged 73; Law firm apologises for data breach in CofE’s safeguarding redress scheme; Home of Hasidic Chabad rabbi in Bournemouth daubed with a Swastika
Bishops raise concern over young Palestinian Christian; How British Jewish identity is fostered; Silicon Valley chief to give lectures on AI and the Antichrist; Edinburgh church re-launches canal boat for mission
Vigils for journalists killed in Gaza; Catholic bishops condemn Israel’s expansion into the West Bank; 70 babies buried at Salvation Army mothers and baby home in Newcastle; Pope Leo welcomes Chagos islanders’ return after ‘grave injustice’
Verdicts in and jury discharged at trial of Chris Brain, leader of the ‘Nine O’Clock Service’; Religious Studies GCSE remains popular but more teachers needed; Global prayer chain for Ukraine taking place this Sunday; World Jewish Relief delivering medical care to Gaza
Efforts to stem the decline of Theology and Religious Studies degrees include re-imagining the content, challenging misconceptions, and communicating well with schools and parents
Chris Brain, leader of the ‘Nine O’Clock Service’, guilty of indecent assault; 80 Orthodox rabbis say Israel has moral obligation to prevent mass starvation; Royal Navy’s first Hindu chaplain starts work in Plymouth
