Church attendance failure, leadership of the Anglican communion by “a white guy from England”, attitude to migrants, Boris Johnson, Kate Forbes, disestablishment and that story of the crown .. 16 headlines from Justin Welby’s session at the Religion Media Festival unwrapped here
Pope Francis sends greetings to LGBTQ Catholic conference; Archbishop proposes amendment to illegal migrants bill; Hindu Americans encouraged to stand for election; Dawn French reprises Vicar of Dibley role in a living funeral
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, spoke at the Religion Media Festival on the vital role of journalism in an age of misinformation and rush to judgment on fast paced social media
Sombre mood at Nottingham vigils after devastating “barbaric” attack; Synthetic human embryos created in a lab; Southern Baptists throw out churches for having women pastors; More than 300 dead exhumed in Kenya religious starvation cult
Methodist church investigates President and Vice President; Safeguarding investigation says Bishop Robert Byrne put people at risk; Patron quits Humanists in row over transgender rights; New station design to allow religious group to use the tube
Archbishop of Canterbury plus Kate Forbes interview at Religion Media festival today; 1:4 Muslim women rarely visit a mosque in Britain; India’s plan to renovate Hindu temples across the world; French Catholic pilgrim is a hero in shocking attack on children
Soul Survivor replacement leaders suspended in safeguarding investigation; Stained glass window showing Jesus on a slave ship replaces Colston window in Bristol church; Pat Robertson, Christian televangelist, has died; Bar Council demands end to discrimination against Ahmadi lawyers in Pakistan
Pope undergoes three hour hernia operation; More than 100 abuse allegations against Mike Pilavachi; Christian Aid appeal for Ukraine’s flooded region; Church in Uganda is “backbone of anti gay legislation”
Global religious leaders call for end to fossil fuels; Salvation Army prioritises climate emergency; £5m Hare Krishna centre to be built in Cardiff Bay; Pope Francis undergoes hospital tests
Call to ban religion as criteria for school admission in England; Campaign to move “toxic” Westminster holocaust memorial into new Jewish museum; Ukraine army chaplains trained near Swindon
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