Religion news 25 May 2022
Southern Baptist leaders apologise after damning report on sex abuse; Documents emerge with new evidence of Uyghur persecution; Six convicted for harassing French teenager after “anti Islam” posts; Do robot have souls?
Southern Baptist leaders apologise after damning report on sex abuse; Documents emerge with new evidence of Uyghur persecution; Six convicted for harassing French teenager after “anti Islam” posts; Do robot have souls?
US Southern Baptist Convention covered up abuse to protect its reputation; Same sex marriage allowed in Church of Scotland; mes “will die out this century”; Magic in a tea shop author banned from school for promoting witchcraft
Church of Scotland poised to vote in favour of same sex marriage; Scott Morrison quotes Bible in final speech as Australian PM; Welsh government does not endorse evangelist Franklin Graham’s views; APPG to campaign for women refused a Jewish “get” divorce; Vaisakhi procession finally held in Nottingham
£24.5 million for security at mosques and Islamic schools; Western world “turning its back” on persecution of Christians in Nigeria; Prayer for the Lambeth conference of global Anglicans; Are meditation apps authentically Buddhist?
Media project to change negative narrative around Christianity; Report on RE shows more exam entries but less funding; Muslim women’s rights campaigner appointed to the Lords; Jewish prayer book survived the holocaust restored by “The Repair Shop”
Website offering facts, information, comment and stories portraying positive view of Christianity will challenge negative perception
The hope and ambitions of the BBC’s new religion editor, Aleem Maqbool; Cathedrals “in the vanguard of the green revolution”; Leaked report “says Prevent programme should crack down on Islamist extremism”; Thieves return stolen Hindu statues after suffering nightmares
Cardinal Vincent Nichols in no doubt who is the aggressor in the war in Ukraine; John Major urges church to speak out against inequality; Extreme concern for the safety of Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong
Religion Media Festival “Exploring Belief” in London today; Dean Martyn Percy’s parting shot at his leaving service; How cathedrals survive in a world isolated from religion; Chris Patten comes to the defence of Hong Kong Cardinal Zen; Government relations with National Union of Students break down over antisemitism claims
Muslim World League forum gathers to “usher in a peaceful world”; Khalsa Aid relief efforts in Moldova and Ukraine; Bishop seeks to abolish universal credit limit of two children; Church backs designer “pods” to help ex prisoners get back on their feet
