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Prayer breakfast

25 June 2025

Board of Deputies suspends five after public letter criticised Israel; National Prayer Breakfast asserts Christian foundations of public life; Muslim World League leader meets MPs; Three ‘trailblazers' in interfaith dialogue awarded gold medals
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24 June 2025

Israel and Iran agree to a ceasefire; Chief Rabbi ‘evacuated out of Israel on RAF plane’; Archbishop of Wales apologises for 'errors of judgement'; 2025 National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast this morning; Pope Leo warns of AI’s impact on young people
sunrise over the earth

23 June 2025

Pope Leo XIV pleads for peace in the Middle East; Bishop of Chelmsford issues prayer for Iran; Assisted Dying - 'Our establishment has lost any sense of right and wrong'; Suicide bomber kills 22 praying in a church in Syria
Kim Leadbeater Nov24 TVParliament

20 June 2025

'Knife edge' vote on Assisted Dying Bill takes place today; Board of Deputies urges safe passage for Brits in Israel; Pope visits Vatican’s ‘invaluable’ shortwave radio centre; Portable ‘tiny church’ in Denmark
Prayer in westminster Cathedral © Mazur

18 June 2025

‘Catholic hospices and homes may close’ if Assisted Dying bill becomes law; Covid ‘accelerated trend towards secularisation’ says report; Commons Education Committee told RE is vital for social cohesion
abortion pill

18 June 2025

Catholic bishops ‘deeply alarmed’ at abortion amendment; Sandford St Martin awards for religious broadcasting announced; Covid showed ‘accelerated trend towards secularisation’; Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral now Grade One listed building

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