Priest whose ordination as bishop was abruptly cancelled, is told “no canonical action is warranted”; Muslims miss out on mental health help when therapists fail to understand faith; Bill to force Charedi Jews in Israel to fight, threatens the government
Lords criticise Media Bill’s removal of requirement to include religious programmes; Pope Francis has hospital tests after suffering from flu; Women’s Faith Forum seeks unity to challenge hate crime; Archbishops’ Council member will ask for review of safeguarding steering group
Lords debate Media Bill today amid concerns for future of religious broadcasting; CofE same sex blessing decisions delayed to await concrete proposals; Islamophobia definition and explainer
Silent discos selling out at fourteen British cathedrals; Bishop says Israel’s siege of Gaza cannot be morally justified; Rabbi says impossible to remain silent over Rafah; BBC’s Pilgrimage returns along the North Wales Pilgrims’ Way
Petition to save the Inter Faith Network; Another petition urges government to amend Media Bill and protect religious broadcasting; Ten day Christian prayer vigil in Westminster against fossil fuels; Notre Dame’s new spire on view for the first time
Leeds University Jewish chaplain forced into hiding after death threats; Diocese of Durham rejects “conveyor belt” asylum story; Ten commitments to calm down the Church of England
RMC briefing discusses fears that the shake-up of public service broadcasting in the Media Bill, which omits a requirement to cover religion, will accelerate the decline of religion programming
Ofcom will continue to collect data on religious broadcasting “for the foreseeable future”; Bishop of Southwark says Israel must not become its own worst enemy ; US Pastor and wife pocketed more than $1million in cryptocurrency scheme
In this briefing, our panel discuss the new Media Bill and the campaign to ensure hours of religious programming continue to be catalogued and reviewed
Inter Faith Network faces closure; Nicaragua frees bishop and 18 clergy; Pope Francis hopes to visit Argentina and has no plans to resign; “God Made Trump” film draws evangelicals’ wrath
