Religion news 17 March 2023
AI religion illuminating intelligent design; MPs move to allow same sex marriage in CofE; US retailers profiting from faith; First female Dean for Christ Church Oxford
AI religion illuminating intelligent design; MPs move to allow same sex marriage in CofE; US retailers profiting from faith; First female Dean for Christ Church Oxford
Budget reaction from Christians concerned about the poor; Campaign to attract more RE teachers; Website launched for Christian take on the world; Mosque leader rebuts accusations following Quran damage; Pope, like Lineker, used Nazi reference
Applications to teach RE have plummeted by a third but being alongside young people as they explore faith makes teaching RE “the best job in the world”
Chancellor must use Budget to tackle root causes of poverty; BBC strike over cuts affecting religious programmes; First International Day to Combat Islamophobia today; Sikh new year celebrated in gurdwaras
Bishop says treat refugees as people not problems; Pope Francis asks for peace on his 10th anniversary; Faith leaders ask PM to raise taxes on the rich
Archbishop of York says illegal immigration bill is “cruelty without purpose”; Pope Francis marks 10th anniversary of election; European and British Muslims meet in London to support charter for peace
New blasphemy guidance “will not be published”; Six shot dead in attack on Jehovah’s Witness Centre; Asda announces “Ramadan aisles” for Muslim customers; Woman vicar not welcome in Cornish town once home to the vicar of Dibley
“Pope Francis’ model is Jesus Christ and the model is one of humility, simplicity, servant leadership”
Church leaders tell government to abandon illegal migration bill; Pope Francis prepares to mark ten years in office; Lilibet baptised by Episcopalian bishop; Millions celebrate Holi
Buffer zones around abortion clinics to become law; Bishop of Durham criticises government’s crack down on illegal immigration; Peers urged to reject renewed plans for Holocaust Centre; Medieval screen brought back to colourful splendour in St Albans
