Board of Deputies CEO praises Starmer for stamping on Labour Party antisemitism; Almost 5,000 sex abuse cases by priests in Portugal; Marathon TV appeal for earthquake victims; Jesuit priest describes Aleppo as “deepest hell”
Islamic Relief team testimony from Syria; Nicaragua bishop 26 years in jail for treason; Welby threatened with parliamentary action by MPs over same sex marriage
Exhausted, sad, confused, anxious and angry – the legacy of the Church of England’s tortuous eight-hour debate on same sex blessings.
CofE blessings for same sex marriage get the go ahead; Warning the vote will break the global Anglican communion; Court case defending Sikh right to wear kirpan in court; Ukraine Catholics change Christmas date from 7 Jan to 25 December
Home Office Prevent review says more to do on Islamist extremism; Review author disturbed by prevalence of antisemitism; Five hour Church of England debate on same sex marriage spills over to today; Medieval synagogue discovered in Andalucia
Following a highly charged debate, the CofE votes to allow blessings for same sex couples, but not to change doctrine that marriage is between a man and woman only
All aid agencies appeal for Syria; Church of England same sex debate and vote today; All Souls withdraws payments to the diocese in protest; Private members bill could challenge same sex marriage ban; One in five UK Muslim women never attend mosque
Islamic Relief on the ground in earthquake zones of Syria and Turkey; Declassified archives say Patriarch Kirill “was a KGB agent”; Welby says the church has a history of imposing unity and controlling others; The RE teacher who became a podcast sensation
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
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
