The Diocese of Oxford has circulated a comprehensive update on the latest position in relation to COVID-19, which is reproduced below, with permission. 30 November: Coronavirus

(COVID-19) latest [...]

Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Initiative has filed three amicus briefs, including one at the U.S. Supreme Court, representing Muslim organizations and scholars

in defense of Jewish groups that have been shut down by discriminatory COVID-19 closures in New York City.The first brief was filed Oct. [...]

This is a weekly update on the legislation and guidance on coronavirus COVID-19 up to 5 December; it is intended as a quick reference to the latest developments. New items

will be added throughout each week as they become available, and included in COVID-19 Coronavirus: legislation and guidance which is now the main source of information§. [...]

“Sometimes I wonder whether our politicians are talking about Christmas or a modern version of Saturnalia” Sr Catherine Wybourne OSB On Tuesday, the UK Government and the

devolved administrations released a Joint statement on UK-wide Christmas arrangements. [...]

I believe that the biggest threat we face as a nation is the growing political polarization that makes it very difficult to collaborate on the many pressing problems we face.

One of the dimensions to this polarization is an overly simplistic perception that the Supreme Court is divided between “good” justices and “evil” justices, [...]

A significant number of posts in Law and Religion UK relate to various aspects of marriage, and the provisions within England and Wales are currently the topic of a review

by the Law Commission. In addition, the Ecclesiastical Law Society will meet virtually for its Annual Conference on 20 March 2021 when it will consider the issues [...]

The Church of England’s Table of Parochial Fees from 1 January 2021 (“the Table”), prepared by the Archbishops’ Council, is now available on the C of E website as an

A3 table, an A4 table, and as a short A4 summary. The basic fees are listed below, but readers are advised to visit the Church’s website to read the accompanying [...]

I was delighted to speak at a roundtable on law and religion at Lomonosov Moscow State University this morning, along with faculty colleagues from Russia, Greece, Canada, Italy

and Israel. Comparative studies add so much to the understanding of church-state issues, and it is always striking how the same issues come up in so many cultures–though [...]

The Cabinet Office issued a statement today, on the arrangements for easing the COVID-19 restrictions over the Christmas period. We understand that the Westminster Government

has agreed on a common approach with the devolved administration. [...]

Our post Towards net zero carbon for churches reviewed the motion passed by the General Synod in February 2020 which called on all parts of the Church of England to draw

up a plan of action to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) year-on-year, reaching net zero emissions by 2030. [...]