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 12 June 2023

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

Religion news 9 June 2023

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

Religion news 8 June 2023

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”

Religion news 7 June 2023

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

Religion news 6 June 2023

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

Religion news 5 June 2023

Church of Uganda anti LGBT+ laws “utterly unChristlike”; Soul Survivor founder first reported 20 years ago; Bible banned in Utah district schools due to its “vulgarity, pornography and violence”

Festival preview: Daisy Scalchi, BBC

Head of religion and ethics at BBC Television explains why religious programming is moving from a narrow definition of religion towards a broader understanding of spirituality, which is universally relevant.

Religion news 2 June 2023

Lord Sentamu resigns as chair of Christian Aid; London Jewish museum building in Camden closes down; Peace efforts forged in the ethnic cauldron of Manipur; Calls to boycott “The Chosen” in row over tiny Pride flag on set

Religion news 1 June 2023

Search for spirituality leads to growth in academic research; Number of Catholics in Ireland declines, while non religion increases; Calls for exhumed nun, whose body is intact, to be named a saint; Muslim Council of Britain objects to Leicester riots review lead

Religion news 31 May 2023

Humanists cannot be excluded from SACREs; Call for Artificial Intelligence designers to have ethical training; Uganda archbishop welcomes anti LGBT law imposing life imprisonment