Religion news 9 October 2026 ➡️ 13 per cent rise in religiously motivated hate crime ➡️ US Catholic group says every execution is a failure ➡️ Woman faces five charges related to silently praying near an abortion clinic ➡️ Former Buddhist monk and fundraiser jailed for embezzling millions of pounds

Religion news 8 October 2026 ➡️ Call for churches to ‘be a bulwark’ against antisemitism ➡️ Interfaith leaders in Tennessee call for mercy after botched execution ➡️ Pope Leo urges bishops to confront challenges facing families

Religion news 7 October 2026 ➡️ Prime Minister tells British Jews ‘We stand with you’ ➡️Attacks, threats and harassment of Jews since 7 October 2023 ➡️ CofE safeguarding chair steps down ➡️ US televangelist Jim Bakker dies aged 86

Religion news 6 October 2026 ➡️ Jewish Green leader considers quitting, as Rabbi urges voters to reject Polanski ➡️ Polanksi insists everyone must feel 'safe and welcome' in his party ➡️ Pope Leo revisits controversial teaching on divorced Catholics

Religion news 5 October 2026 ➡️ Green party Zionism motion condemned by Jewish groups ➡️ ‘Nine O’Clock Service’ vicar guilty of rape and indecent assault ➡️ Bishop of Salisbury suspended ➡️ Shabana Mahmood on how faith shapes her life

Sarah Sands calls for the media to capture a renewed interest in religion, speaking at the Religion Media Centre annual lecture this week. Read more, and watch the full lecture:

Religion news 2 October 2026 ➡️ Buddhist spiritual adviser offers loving-kindness as Tennessee execution fails ➡️ Jagtar Singh Johal released after almost nine years in Indian prison ➡️ Council defends speaker who said Virgin Mary ‘wore a hijab’ ➡️ RMC Young Reporter Award announced

Religion news 30 September 2026 ➡️ Sarah Sands calls for media to capture renewed public interest in religion ➡️ Burnham puts ‘common good’ at heart of Labour conference speech ➡️ Pope ‘not in panic mode’ over AI ➡️ Eiffel Tower boss leaves after Hindu visit controversy

As development of AI accelerates, our panel considered how religious traditions respond to both the opportunities and the ethical and theological questions that arise, and how ideas of the apocalypse are woven into resistance towards regulation. Watch/listen to the full briefing:

Religion news 25 September 2026 ➡️ Bishop Steven Croft warns politicians have failed to keep pace with AI ➡️ Resistance to acceleration of AI 'linked to religious ideas of the apocalypse' ➡️ Divinity courses close at the University of Edinburgh ➡️ Pagans and Druids mark the autumn equinox

Religion news 22 September 2026 ➡️ 'The news sphere and the heavenly sphere' - how the media reflects the Christian perspective ➡️ Pope Leo says AI must serve human dignity and strengthen peace ➡️ Bishop of Lincoln resigns after suspension over safeguarding complaint

Religion news 21 September 2026 ➡️ Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood products – but not transfusions ➡️ Warning of Christian persecution in Pakistan after Lambeth award mistake ➡️ Leeds Minster removes tapestry naming Gaza victims as 18 said to be Hamas ➡️ TikTok Vicar calls time on dating apps

Religion news 18 September 2026 ➡️ Lambeth Palace withdraws award to Muslim cleric ➡️ AI must remain in the service of humanity, according to the King and the Pope ➡️ Story of drone attack on Mecca denied by Houthis

Religion news 17 Sept 2026 ➡️ Catholic school reopens in Gaza after nearly three years of war ➡️ Middle East conflicts ‘test’ relations between Christians and Jews ➡️ LDS world leader says creating common good is key purpose of US constitution ➡️ Methodist preacher and magician uses magic to evangelise

Religion news 16 September 2026 ➡️ Survey suggests '64 per cent of UK Christians are broad evangelicals’ ➡️ Board of Deputies meets Archbishop over Kairos document ➡️ Government urged to appoint anti-Muslim hostility tsar ➡️ Canada’s lone religion reporter highlights value of RMC bulletins