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Census 2021 data collated to include Covid-delayed Scottish results
A PICTURE of religion, marriage, wealth, and other aspects of life across the UK has been collated for the first time from the 2021 Census data. Usually, the census would be carried out on the same day across England and…
Survey exploring trust in Church of England scrapped
A SURVEY to explore trust and trustworthiness within the Church of England has been cancelled, the episcopal lead for the relevant task group, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Rt Revd Debbie Sellin, has announced. Last year,…
Faith leaders call on Government to penalise fossil-fuel firms through taxation
A LETTER calling on the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, to penalise fossil-fuel firms through taxation before this year’s COP30 climate summit has been signed by the former Archbishop of…
Clerics call for consistency in maternity provision
THREE clerics who carried out an audit of diocesan maternity policies have welcomed an update on progress made since its publication; but they are still receiving reports from mothers of “unfair treatment and dioceses not…
Church Commissioners yet to meet target to elimate deforestation investments
THE Church Commissioners are yet to meet their 2025 target of eliminating their investments in “forest-risk agricultural commodity-driven deforestation activities”, to which they made a commitment at the COP 26 conference, in…
Equality in baptism must lead to racial justice, conference hears
THE place of racial justice in theological education was the subject of a three-day conference at the Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham, last week. Forty participants considered what it meant to “teach, preach, study, lead, and…
Photo stories of the week
Click on the gallery to view more images Kind of blue: The “blue spot” in Truro Cathedral, generated by a single blue glass pane in the great east window, last week. “Initially intended to be a temporary replacement…
UK news in brief
Hymn sing-along at GlastonburyOFFICIALS at the Glastonbury Festival had to close a field to manage crowds attending James B. Partridge’s “Primary School Bangers” set on the Summer House stage last weekend. Festival-goers sang…
People-centred rebuild required in Myanmar months after deadly earthquake
RESIDENTS of Myanmar are still living in tents or temporary shelters, three months after the earthquake that struck the country on 28 March. It has claimed the lives of at least 3700 people, and thousands more have been…
World news in brief
Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist, dies, aged 90 THE American televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multi-million-dollar ministry collapsed after a sex scandal, died on Tuesday, aged 90, after suffering a heart attack at his home…
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