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 6 February 2023

Same sex marriage decision week at CofE general synod; Pope, Archbishop and Moderator denounce criminalisation of homosexuality; Appeal for UK to observe International Day to Combat Islamophobia; Court challenge in India to BBC Modi film ban

Religion news 3 February 2023

Development agencies urge government to invest in peace in South Sudan; Polarising legacy of Cardinal George Pell erupts at his funeral; Express marriages in UAE overturn traditional Islamic law; You can sweat but don’t swear in a gym that used to be a church

Justin Welby in the Lords

Religion news 2 February 2023

Archbishop: Disestablishment preferable to church split; South Sudan church says Welby’s peace mission is peace not doctrine; EU appoints anti Islamophobia coordinator; Imbolc festival marks first signs of Spring

Religion news 1 February 2023

Pope calls for renewed efforts to end violence in DR Congo; Historic ecumenical visit to South Sudan; 100 police officers dead in mosque suicide bomb attack; Lack of diversity in medical textbooks affects health care

Religion news 31 January 2023

Baby boomers have raised the least religious generation ever; LSE wipes out Christianity from its calendar; The Pope sets off on historic peace mission to Africa; Imposing new mosque next to M6 in Preston given go ahead

Gillian Keegan, Education Secretary

Religion news 30 January 2023

Church school leaders should keep schools open during strikes; Faith leaders protest for justice after death of Tyre Nichols; Canada appoints anti Islamophobia champion

Religion news 27 January 2023

Rabbi Jonathan Romain’s son dies in drowning tragedy on honeymoon; “Ordinary people” must ensure holocaust is never repeated; CofE safeguarding staff “abused and threatened”; Sandi Toksvig says Anglican approach to LGBT+ people is untenable

Religion news 26 January 2023

Pope Francis says homosexuality not a crime; Four investigations into Catholic diocese in Newcastle; Author of ‘God An Anatomy’ becomes patron of Defence Humanists; 55 per cent trust clergy to tell the truth

Religion news 25 January 2023

Archbishops appeal for a revolution of attitudes in social care; Diverse Catholic schools in Wales; Jewish family seeks restitution of $200 million Picasso; The world is 90 seconds away from annihilation