Ruth Peacock

Ruth is the leader of the Religion Media Centre project and oversees its work. After studying theology and teaching RE, she trained as a journalist on a local paper, freelanced in print and radio and then joined the BBC, working in many news departments, including the main newsgathering desk. She also worked on the BBC’s move into the new W1 building and studied organisational change.

Written Content

Religion news 22 August 2023

Pope to publish Laudato Si part 2 after extreme weather events; Pakistan pays compensation to Christians targeted by angry mob; Christians banned from site of transfiguration in Israel

Religion news 21 August 2023

How churches in England got behind the Lionesses on Sunday morning; “Hatred and uncontrollable rage” against Christians in Pakistan; Safeguarding review into the late Gerald Coates; Methodist / URC refugee project in Sherborne

Religion news 18 August 2023

Fall in A-level Religious Studies exam entries this year; Hillsong founder Brian Houston not guilty of concealing sex abuse; Teenager dies at Christian summer camp in Derbyshire

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

Religion news 16 August 2023

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

Religion news 15 August 2023

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

Religion news 14 August 2023

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

Religion news 11 August 2023

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

Religion news 10 August 2023

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