Virus puts Gurdwaras in Financial Trouble
By Minreet Kaur In common with other UK places of worship, Sikh gurdwaras have been shut since March and a report suggests that donations have fallen by 95 per cent, but the cost of running and providing the essential langar services, such as food for the needy, has increased. Harmeet Singh, general-secretary of the Sri […]
Religion News 29 May
The Pope is joining senior UK church leaders, including the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, for an online service on Sunday, which marks Pentecost when Christians believe the Holy Spirit came to the followers of Jesus and the church was born. Pope Francis will call on people to turn away from the “selfish pursuit of […]
Humility and Leadership – Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis to lead school worship
By Tim Wyatt The Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, will join the country’s largest online school to lead collective worship on the theme of humility and leadership. His theme is co-incidentally timely, coming days after church leaders called on the government to show “some sense of humility if they are going to restore trust”. The Chief […]
Religion news 28 May
The Bishop of Ripon, whose tweet set off a chain reaction from bishops furious at Dominic Cummings and the PM’s support of him, has said she is aware that speaking ‘truth to power’ has the potential to annoy and offend. Bishop Helen Ann Hartley said in the Yorkshire Post: ‘I didn’t post those tweets lightly, […]
Spiritual Support on the Front Line
By Lianne Kolirin Hospital chaplains are reporting that the number of staff who are seeking support has mushroomed in the coronavirus pandemic. Their help is spiritual, beyond a religious divide, with chaplains listening and offering wisdom and advice. Most of their work is both frontline and invisible, behind the scenes. And though chaplains are not […]
Bishops Tweeting ‘Truth to Power’
Bishops’ twitter rules: ‘Ask whether you’d like your mother to see your tweet. Then ask if God would like it’ By Rosie Dawson, 26 May 2020 At 5.24pm on Sunday, the Bishop of Ripon, the Rt Rev Helen-Ann Hartley, took to Twitter to express her views on the Dominic Cummings affair. “Integrity, trust and leadership […]
Anglican Bishops: Government must show Humility
By Tim Maby, 26 May 2020 The government has to show “some sense of humility if they are going to restore trust”, according to the Anglican bishop at the centre of this week’s storm of protest at the prime minister’s defence of Dominic Cummings, his chief adviser. Speaking in an online briefing for the Religion […]
Religion News 26 May
Church of England bishops tweeted that they have received death threats for coming out forcibly against the Prime Minister’s handling of the Dominic Cummings story. The Bishops of Worcester and Ripon reported receiving emails telling them to stay out of politics. They were among 18 Church of England bishops who had weighed into the Prime […]
Bishops weigh into PM – ‘lied to, patronised and treated as mugs’
Church of England bishops have broken cover on twitter in a chorus of dissent over the Prime Minister’s defence of his adviser Dominic Cummings. Bishop of Durham Paul Butler There will be those in Durham who defend #Boris for his standing by #DominicCummngs. But most who have worked so hard to abide by the rules […]
Religion News 22 May
Faith groups must not miss the opportunity to spur the world to use the Covid-19 crisis as a catalyst to tackle climate change. That was the message from activists and experts during a Religion Media Centre online panel discussion. Early signs were that the pandemic would lead to a fall in global emissions of about […]
