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Nov 29, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith |Patrick Hudson
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith
An Islamic beheading survivor has called for prayer and forgiveness in the midst of Christian persecution.
Manga is using his testimony to lead others closer to God after surviving a beheading attempt by Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist jihadist organisation.
“I grew up in a family where Christianity was a top priority,” Manga told The Tablet. He was working as a teacher in Nigeria at the time of the attack.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Tabitha Smith
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) urged the government to take new opportunities to prioritise freedom of religion. The charity said the new Labour government had an opportunity to incorporate religious freedom into its foreign policy, following the previous government’s failure to prioritise it. ACN petitioned the government to protect religious freedoms against increasing persecution worldwide at the launch of its latest Persecuted and Forgotten? report in Parliament on Tuesday.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Tabitha Smith
Christian charities criticised the government for failing to prioritise religious freedom. They expressed concern at its failure to appointment a replacement for Fiona Bruce as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). Mrs Bruce stepped down from the role ahead of the election in July, in which she lost her parliamentary seat.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Patrick Hudson |Tabitha Smith
Christian charities criticised the government for failing to prioritise religious freedom. They expressed concern at its failure to appointment a replacement for Fiona Bruce as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB). Mrs Bruce stepped down from the role ahead of the election in July, in which she lost her parliamentary seat.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith
The number of children in London facing homelessness is now at “record levels”, according to the chief executive of the Cardinal Hume Centre (CHC). George O’Neill said more than 85,000 of London’s children are now living in insecure and temporary accommodation. He added: “Without support, these children are likely to earn less and face poorer education and health outcomes. The evidence also suggests that they are at higher risk of facing homelessness again as an adult.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith
The number of children in London facing homelessness is now at “record levels”, according to the chief executive of the Cardinal Hume Centre (CHC). George O’Neill said more than 85,000 of London’s children are now living in insecure and temporary accommodation. He added: “Without support, these children are likely to earn less and face poorer education and health outcomes. The evidence also suggests that they are at higher risk of facing homelessness again as an adult.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith
Jesuit Missions presented a demanding climate petition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Superior Provincial of the Jesuits in Britain, Fr Peter Gallagher SJ, was joined by four schoolchildren last week to deliver a climate petition to Downing Street, ahead of COP29 in Azerbaijan in November.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill |Sarah Mac Donald |Tabitha Smith |Andy Drozdziak
Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Chief Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society were among faith leaders who visited Newham to address social challenges and enhance community cohesion, with a focus on homelessness, refugee support, human trafficking and aiding exploited women. Joined by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and Councillors Canon Ann Easter and Rohit Dasgupta, the faith leaders visited key community sites in Newham.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
thetablet.co.uk | Tabitha Smith
A charity dedicated to helping vulnerable children worldwide is among those promoting this week’s International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October to help spread awareness of gender inequality. The International Day of the Girl Child, which has been an international day of observance since 2012, focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face, and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfilment of their human rights, the United Nation says.
