Religion news 29 November 2022
Census results on religion out today; Rowan Williams says rich must pay for climate change; Dewsbury Islamic seminary closes after 43 years
Census results on religion out today; Rowan Williams says rich must pay for climate change; Dewsbury Islamic seminary closes after 43 years
Tom Holland – “Humanism: a Christian heresy”; Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong fined £400; Manchester synagogue closes after 70 years
Faith groups welcome justice for developing countries at the Cop 27 summit, but disappointment at lack of progress towards 1.5 degree target
Faith groups in frontline again this winter; Non religion includes belief in God; Bishop blesses gritters as winter approaches
Fifa message that “Jews don’t count”; Russian orthodox monastery raided in Ukraine; Call for more minority ethnic headteachers
Christian Aid lecture calls for aid based on respect not paternalism; Cop27 decision on compensation is matter of justice; Midlands school at centre of row after speech by gay Muslim campaigner
Operation Noah tells church be proactive against climate change; Two Muslim schools closed in France; Singing nun leaves holy orders
Qatar’s austere form of Islam under scrutiny from the press as world cup kicks off; Church could move carol services to accommodate interest in world cup final; Cop 27’s failure on fossil fuels is “colossal failure”;
Church groups welcome budget’s help for the vulnerable; EU bishops call on Russia to suspend the war in Ukraine; Academics on a mission to explain atheism
“Unhelpful dynamic” at Cop27 as developing countries wait for grants; Singing ban during Covid lockdowns “based on flawed science”; Muslims in Britain report mental health downturn in cost of living crisis
