Religion News 5 June
In Minneapolis, the civil rights leader Rev Al Sharpton spoke at a memorial service for George Floyd, killed at the hands of police. Memorials are due to take place in three cities over six days. The private family funeral will be held in North Carolina on Saturday. Churches across America have been involved in mass […]
Religion News 4 June
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales, has described the “well springs of common good” that have emerged during the coronavirus pandemic and appealed for churches to open so this can be grasped and built upon to re-shape society’s new normal. In an article for the Telegraph on Tuesday, […]
Trump’s Bible ‘sacrilege’ enrages religious leaders
By Lianne Kolirin As the United States battles with the dual crisis of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing race riots, Donald Trump has now stoked the flames by provoking the anger of religious leaders. Earlier this week the president was photographed brandishing a copy of the Bible outside St John’s Episcopal Church, across the […]
Religion News 3 June
Church leaders in the UK have reacted with shock and outrage at the unfolding riots and social unrest in America following the killing of George Floyd. One has called this a ‘Kairos moment’ – a moment of opportunity when events and people come together to create change. There has been a furious response in the […]
The Floyd riots: ‘It’s time for white Christians to stand up for black people’
By Tim Maby, 2 June 2020 “Religion was not at the centre of the protest, but is now, because the president made it the centre,” according to Bob Smietana, the editor-in-chief of the US Religion News Service. This was after Donald Trump ordered the military to clear protesters and clergy from outside the church opposite […]
Outrage at Trump’s Bible Stunt
Donald Trump’s stunt holding a Bible outside St John’s church, Lafayette Square, caused outrage
Anger grows as Churches remain Shut
By Lianne Kolirin, 1 June 2020 Anger is growing among Christian leaders over the continuing closure of churches. Primary schools across England opened their gates in a limited capacity today, while non-essential shops can return to business in a fortnight. Yet the government has not issued a clear roadmap for when places of worship can […]
George Floyd death – faith leaders respond
Faith leaders have continued to speak out in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black delicatessen worker, in Minneapolis, and say there is a central role for them to play in taking action and fighting for justice. In the UK, two religious leaders have spoken of the similarities here in the […]
Religion News 1 June
In the wake of mass rioting and destruction following the brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis, church leaders in America are appealing for an end to violence and racial inequality and the assertion of justice. George Floyd was a Christian and community leader who mentored young men in […]
Factsheet: Pentecost
Pentecost is a Christian festival which celebrates the giving of God’s Holy Spirit to Jesus’s disciples shortly after his resurrection and ascension back to Heaven. It is sometimes known as the “birthday of the church”.
