Pope Francis extends hospital stay due to ‘complex clinical picture’; Nominee for Bishop of Durham withdraws from process; Antisemitic incidents in 2024 second highest annual total; World’s first openly gay imam shot dead in South Africa
Pope is stable in hospital receiving treatment for bronchitis; JD Vance: ‘Basic liberties of religious Britons’ under threat; Hope and caution surround the ‘Reconciliation Accords’; Report says Jewish schools need radical intervention
RMC weekly newsletter 14 February 2025 – Top facts about St Valentine; Safeguarding and same sex marriage controversies at CofE General Synod; Drumlanrig Accord signed and presented to King
Same sex blessings debate ‘weaponised to block bishops’ appointments’; One fifth of CofE bishop roles are vacant; New Wine failings over Mike Pilavachi; Muslim career women say faith is a source of empowerment; Ten top facts about St Valentine
Burnley vicar says CofE should appoint working class apprentices; Faith groups take Trump to court over immigration and refugees; Jewish and Muslim leaders call for dialogue to confront hate; Methodist volunteers to ‘be a blessing’ at festivals across Britain
Church of England delays fully independent safeguarding process; Jewish-Muslim declaration presented to the King; Gen Zers: Why we have turned to God; Trump’s mass deportation will end badly, says the Pope
Synod rejects full independence of safeguarding, opting for a ‘third way’, keepiing local safeguarding staff but moving national team to an external provider
CofE parliament in shocked silence at its first meeting since Welby’s resignation; Assisted Dying Bill to replace sign off by High Court judge with panel of experts; Caritas warns of catastrophic consequences of Trump’s aid cut; Secular Ireland needs high religious affiliation to keep fertility rate growing
Pain, anguish and anger expected at the General Synod this week; Jewish Labour Movement ‘appalled’ by Gwynne comments; King and Queen to visit the Pope in April; Trump’s ‘train wreck’ appointment of televangelist Paula White
RMC weekly newsletter 7 February 2025 – JD Vance and Rory Stewart in social media spat over ‘ordo amoris’ (order of love); Zara Mohammed reflects on her four-year term as secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain:; The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, died aged 88.
