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The Church of England's automatic right to appoint 26 bishops to the House of Lords should be repealed, a report by a group representing more than 100 parliamentarians will recommend this week.
A key figure in the Church of England has said that it should lose the power to hold legally binding weddings as long as it refuses to conduct gay weddings. Couples who married in church would have to undergo a separate civil ceremony in a register office for their marriage to be legally recognised.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is set to remain opposed to a change in the law on assisted dying despite a significant rise in support among members for a new stance.
A leading evangelical minister banned from preaching after administering naked beatings and ice baths to vulnerable men is continuing to hold religious ceremonies.
A religious leader who founded a celebrated organisation to support people with learning disabilities has been found to have sexually abused at least six women.
A statement from religious education body Chinuch UK last week, described as "in response to the Department for Education" (DfE), said its member schools should "not describe to pupils lifestyles forbidden by the Torah". It is signed by nine rabbis.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has asked Glasgow Sheriff Court to grant an interim order requiring the venue to hold the event – after it axed the plans last month.
Sixty-nine per cent of people surveyed said they think Religious Education should be replaced by Political Literacy in secondary schools – a 12% increase since 2017.
A Christian man who was deported from the UK despite claims he had been threatened with execution by Islamic extremists in Pakistan has said he is living in hiding and in fear for his life.
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