Mosque apologises after rabbi standing for parliament is verbally abused; Survey shows active churchgoers more likely to vote centre-left; Church “trying to sanitise abuse” by Soul Survivor founder Mike Pilavachi
Archbishops’ appeal to people to vote on Thursday; Alternative CofE “overseers” to be sworn in on 12 July; Ultra Orthodox protest in Israel turns violent; Russell Brand’s conversation with The Chosen’s Jesus
The religion thread through the general election; Faith leaders see hope in manifesto pledges on climate change; 40 year anniversary of “The Sea of Faith”; Methodist conference marks 50th anniversary of women ministers
High Court case over Vatican’s €350 million property deal; HTB evangelicals in CofE threaten to breakaway over same sex marriage; Interfaith hustings hears call for re-imagining a new Britain; Episcopal church in the USA elects a new presiding bishop
Compilation of a series of articles and briefings on election issues which concern and directly affect people of faith and religious organisations in the UK
Faith groups tackling poverty say it must be a top election issue; Faith strategy urged for a great time of change; Surge of Jewish support for Starmer; Congregationalist Olympic hero Liddell celebrated
Distrust “pervasive” in Church of England; Catholic bishops appeal for politicians to address environmental concerns; Pope’s opponent made papal nuncio to the Baltic states; Irish catholics oppose assisted dying;
More than 1300 pilgrims die at the Hajj; Donald Trump courts white evangelical vote again; Priest died when church attacked in Dagestan; Sir Keir Starmer and his family’s Jewish heritage
Faith communities must help “change the narrative” on immigration; Church of England dioceses in financial trouble; Archbishop Vigano summoned to Rome on charges of schism; Ancient rites of midsummer observed once more at Stonehenge
“Tiktokification of politics” as church hustings are cancelled; 900 deaths reported at the Hajj in Mecca this year – four fold increase; “Outrageous” desecration of Stonehenge by oil protesters
