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23 February 2026

Bishop of Lincoln suspended and arrested; Rabbi suggests ceremony for assisted dying deaths; £73.4 million for faith communities’ security; Bones of St Francis of Assisi on public display in Italy
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20 February 2026

Vatican declines to join Trump’s Board of Peace; Bishop of Blackburn calls for conversation on national identity; Latin Mass breakaway group will consecrate bishops despite Vatican objections; Next Bishop of Durham is local Archdeacon
Ash Wednesday 2026

19 February 2026

'Ashes to Go' - clergy mark shoppers with the sign of the cross on Ash Wednesday; New Moon has been sighted over Britain and Ramadan has begun; King Charles supports Jewish backed refugee jobs fair; All Nations Christian missionary college moving out of Gothic estate in Hertfordshire
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18 February 2026

US civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson has died aged 84; BBC leaders speak of 'huge importance' of religious broadcasting; Lent – a time of spiritual renewal and reflection; Royal Observatory live astronomy show to seek the crescent moon
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17 February 2026

Ramadan and Lent due to start tomorrow, depending on the moon; Man who burned Quran prepared to flee to the US if convicted again; Caribbean archbishop backs CofE’s ‘Project Spire’ reparations for slavery; Traitors star Harry Clark presents documentary on visit to Rome
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16 February 2026

New Catholic Archbishop of Westminster urges church to “speak into the public square”; Board of Deputies ‘deep concern’ at lifting of Palestine Action ban; Scientist questions whether point of death is an instant moment; The Imam and the Rabbi promoting understanding in Manchester

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