New Muslim organisation will liaise with government on issues of concern affecting society, tackling anti-Muslim hate crime and challenging Islamophobia.
Pope is stable in hospital receiving treatment for bronchitis; JD Vance: ‘Basic liberties of religious Britons’ under threat; Hope and caution surround the ‘Reconciliation Accords’; Report says Jewish schools need radical intervention
Zara Mohammed reflects on her four year term as secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain
Welby steps down after evensong tonight; Action, not ‘racist witch hunt’, needed to tackle grooming gangs; The vicar on ‘The Traitors’ obsessed with murder; Pope tells nuns not to adopt ‘a vinegar face’
2024 headlines including the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury; summer riots; assisted dying, safeguarding issues in the CofE; and the closure of the Interfaith network
‘Prolific and abhorrent’ abuse by John Smyth covered up by CofE for decades; Plymouth bishop installation delayed at last minute for second time; Vatican hopes Trump will ease tensions in conflict; Islamophobia: a society-wide problem impacting young people
Prayer vigils across America as people vote in the presidential election; Study finds structural and institutional racism within the Church of England; Rabbi Alex Goldberg becomes first permanent rabbi of Guildford in 750 years
Catholics have completed a three year consultation on the church’s future, proposing more attentive listening and no impediment to women in leadership roles – but no movement on allowing them to be priests
Assisted dying bill starts process through the Commons; Faith spaces including churches ‘part of the tapestry’ creating health in society; Army veteran guilty of silently praying in buffer zone near abortion clinic; Bishop “deeply hopeful” CofE will remain united despite same sex dispute
Archbishop of Canterbury speaks out against assisted dying; MPs call for abolition of places for 26 CofE bishops in the Lords; Charities call for Labour to replace freedom of religion envoy; Canada criticised for expulsion of diplomats over Sikh murder
