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2 January 2025

Pope’s New Year’s message: respect dignity of life, as Year of Jubilee 2025 begins; Jewish festival of lights, Hanukkah, ends today; Police record large rise in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes; Priest jailed in Belarus for criticising government in his sermons
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26 December 2024

Christmas message to the Church of England: strip off finery and kneel in penitence and adoration
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20 December 2024

King declares Archbishopric of Canterbury vacant from 7 January; Keir Starmer hosts first Hanukkah reception; Report on Muslim community efforts to combat loneliness; Government won't tolerate foreign harrassment against Sikhs; Cathedrals celebrate Christmas in style
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19 December 2024

Alongside traditional Christmas worship, cathedrals are offering beer and carols, Christmas tree avenues, buildings bathed in light and music from Handel to Michael Bublé
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19 December 2024

Crown Nominations Commission member Canon Andrew Cornes, steps back from ministry; Professor Alexis Jay tells CofE bishops to ‘get a grip’ on safeguarding and backs Bishop of Newcastle; How British Muslims adopt some Christmas traditions; Welby donates to child abuse charity
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18 December 2024

British Muslims have adopted some Christmas traditions such as shared family meals, celebrating generosity rather than the birth of Jesus as God made man, which is forbidden

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