Weary renewed calls for peace as war in Ukraine passes six month landmark; Sanctuary Foundation appeals for more UK host families; Former Barbados High Commissioner heads CofE racial justice unit; Rishi Sunak garlanded at Hindu festival on campaign trail
Bishop calls for small grant scheme as churches protect the vulnerable this winter; Antisemitism and Islamophobia in “more tolerant” Britain; United Methodists consider financial cost of split over same sex dispute
No Vatican investigation into Cardinal Ouellet sex abuse allegations; UN official says Baha’i persecution in Iran is abhorrent; Archbishop says church buildings offer sanctuary and need to be preserved; St Austell’s earth goddess sculpture slammed as “offensive to God”
Decline in number of students taking A level Religious Studies; Church prepares for the final IICSA report on child sex abuse; Escalation in Jewish emigration from Russia to Israel; Statue of Mary sails on a pilgrimage against pollution down the River Wye
Demands that chair of CofE Pensions Board should quit over shareholdings in Shell; Irish Catholics demand equal status for women; Ten dead and 30 injured in Kabul mosque bomb attack
Cardinal of Quebec accused of sexual assault; EU “blocking” kosher products to Northern Ireland; New Gafcon diocese launched in Australia in protest at same sex drift; Thai Buddhist temple takes shape in family home in Edinburgh
Iran denies it had any involvement in attack on Salman Rushdie; Muslim appeal for 6 million people devastated by Somalia drought; Hare Krishna island prepares for August festival; Archbishop baptises five people in the sea at Bridlington
Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie “on the road to recovery”; Criminal investigation into Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sex abuse; Rock crystals found in neolithic burial site from 6,000 years ago
The Religion Media Centre is thrilled to announce another round of ‘Creating Connections’ between the media and faith groups.
Rabbi warns of cost of living impact on Jewish communities; Pope Francis meets transgender people sheltering in Rome church; Veteran religion reporter urges US church to wake up to disintegration; The historic legacy of Buddhist Temples in England
