The Latest Breaking News from Religion

When it comes to teaching young children about the world, parents may feel that some topics – like politics and religion – are too tough to broach. Money is another. Parents may not feel like they know how to approach the subject, or worry that they don’t set a good…

It has become clear that meaningful progress on climate change is not going to be achieved by one person or indeed, one government. Coordinated action between governments, industry, local leaders and society is needed urgently. The recent COP27 decision itself mentions the importance of local communities, cities, indigenous peoples and…

According to the latest census, an unlikely “religion” is growing in popularity across England and Wales: shamanism. Just 650 people said they subscribed to the belief system in 2011, but that figure has increased more than tenfold over the past decade to 8,000 people in 2022. This makes shamanism the…

They have protested against a homophobic church and opposed prayer in classrooms. Now this minority religion is defending the right to abortion

Priests from Cuba’s Afro-Cuban Santeria religion on Monday warned of a difficult year ahead and called on followers to guard against calamities and mounting social ills after a tough year in 2022 in which a record number of Cubans left the Communist-run island.

The court’s new conservative majority issued rulings over the past year on abortion, gun rights, religion and more.

Religion time will be reduced to two hours per week

The new framework is likely to be published by Minister for Education Norma Foley early in 2023, and sets out the planned structure and content of the next curriculum for primary schools

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha will hear the case on the re-opening of the courts. Read on for details: