RMC Weekly Round-up 17 January 2025
RMC weekly newsletter 17 January 2025 – Middle East ceasefire announced and faith groups repsond; Young composer finds lost music at Auschwitz; 400 million pilgrims gather for Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival
RMC weekly newsletter 17 January 2025 – Middle East ceasefire announced and faith groups repsond; Young composer finds lost music at Auschwitz; 400 million pilgrims gather for Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival
Government announces national audit of grooming gangs; Eighteen charities demand justice for Palestinians; Survey says 12 per cent of UK adults are antisemitic; Acting on Makin review a “watershed moment” for CofE; Monthly bonus to Vatican families with three children
The lost music of Auschwitz uncovered by young British composer; Decision on changes to church repair scheme announced soon; Grooming gang debate descends into anger in Welsh Senedd; Three day meeting on the future of the United Reformed Church
Pope’s autobiography ‘Hope’ in a life of tension; National consultation on future of Inter Faith Week; Holocaust reception at Buckingham Palace; Peterborough Cathedral’s financial crisis may force part closure
“Muslim Leadership Council” the government can engage with; 400 million pilgrims expected for Hindu festival in India; Pope awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction; Would be children’s TV presenter turned nun, in line for sainthood
RMC weekly newsletter 10 January 2025 – Justin Welby leaves office; MCB accuses Kemi Badenoch of weaponising rape gangs story; Los Angeles fires destroy communities; Charity Commission launches inquiries into four charities which are part of the ‘Barnabas family’
Religious buildings destroyed and communities ripped apart by fire in Los Angeles; Tributes to President Carter, whose life was ‘a testament to the goodness of God’; Founder of Sikh Youth UK jailed for theft; New church pilgrimage centre opened at site of Jesus’ baptism
Justin Welby leaves office after a turbulent 12 years; Archbishop of York takes over a church in turmoil today; Policy Exchange report on Muslim Council of Britain election; Progressive cardinal appointed to Washington DC as Trump moves in
Welby steps down after evensong tonight; Action, not ‘racist witch hunt’, needed to tackle grooming gangs; The vicar on ‘The Traitors’ obsessed with murder; Pope tells nuns not to adopt ‘a vinegar face’
RMC weekly newsletter 3 January 2025 – Year of Jubilee begins; Jimmy Carter dies aged 100; New Lords appointed and honours given in New Year Honours List; RMC reporters look ahead to 2025
