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 April 2022

War crimes commander “blessed by Russian orthodox priest”; Government’s flagship LGBT+ event cancelled over conversion therapy; Tower of London witnesses Itfar harmony instead of torture; UFO and aliens alert in Yorkshire convent garden

Religion news 5 April 2022

Patriarch Kirill preaches of Holy Russia in “dangerous” sermon; World Council of Churches appeals to Russia: stop the bloodshed; Christians join emergency call to take action on climate change; Mayor Sadiq Khan says Ramadan will be enjoyed without lockdown rules

Religion news 4 April 2022

Putin “will have to answer to God” for obscene violence in Ukraine; Landmark churches lit in blue and yellow for Ukraine; New police guidance on last rites for crime victims; At home abortions continue despite right to life protests

Religion news 1 April 2022

The essential gifts of Zakat to build a network of care in a cost of living crisis; Pope’s representative meets Home Secretary to disucss Ukraine refugees; Christians despair at government chaos over conversion therapy ban

Religion news 31 March 2022

Muslim and Orthodox refugees find shelter in Romanian church; Guide to Ramadan 2022 advises caution over Covid; German football league addresses omnipresent problem of antisemitism in sport

Religion news 30 March 2022

Faith groups step into chaos as Ukrainian refugees seek visas for the UK; Tributes to the inner spiritual compass of the Duke of Edinburgh; Didsbury mosque rejects accusation it turned a blind eye to extremism

Religion news 29 March 2022

59 religious sites damaged or obliterated in the war in Ukraine; Survivors of abuse in Canada’s residential schools fail to win Papal apology; American report confirms faith leaders’ role in promoting vaccinations

Religion news 28 March 2022

Pope says the present and the future; Another holocaust site blasted in Ukraine war; 80-year-old vicar has climate change conviction quashed; Jesus College master astonished that monument to slave trader can stay

Religion news 25 March 2022

52 orphans rescued from Ukraine in Jewish led mercy mission; World wide Catholic gesture to pray for peace in Ukraine; Charities warn of human trafficking on Ukraine’s borders; Leading black church bishop supports independence for Jamaica

Religion news 24 March 2022

Orthodox leaders condemn Russia’s action in Ukraine; Christian charity warns of rising debt; Young, woke and Christian people demand to be heard; Memorial to slave trader at Jesus College Cambridge must remain