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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
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18 June 2025

A global project to examine the changing role of religion in public life during the Covid pandemic has concluded that it accelerated secularisation.
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11 June 2025

Report on a one day festival where journalists and broadcasters discussed how religion is reported and reflected in the media
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9 June 2025

The appointment of Pope Leo XIV – “the Holy Spirit thickening the plot”; 10.7 per cent CofE clergy pay rise; US Episcopalian Church condemns LA immigration raids; Scientists rediscover divine “Egyptian Blue” pigment
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4 June 2025

Inquiry into government’s failure to set up ethics watchdog; Church Multiplication Centre downsizing due to lack of funds; Rap trio ‘Kneecap’ will perform at Glastonbury despite Jewish fears