Английская Википедия:2021 in religion

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2021 in religion.

Events

• 1 January – The Alliance of Reformed Churches splits from the Reformed Church in America in opposition to its tolerance of LGBT practitioners.
• 11 January – Pope Francis issues the Spiritus Domini, allowing women to serve as lectors and acolytes in the Catholic Church.
• 5 March – Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to visit Iraq.
• 11 April – Mass protests break out in Pakistan after the Pakistani government declined to sever ties with France for blasphemy.
• 13 May – The interdenominational Christian Ökumenischer Kirchentag 2021 convention is held in Frankfurt with most participants attending digitally.
• 28 May – Taksim Mosque is inaugurated in Istanbul, Turkey after decades of debate surrounding its creation.
• 1 June – Pope Francis issues the Pascite gregem Dei.
• 16 July – The Ghana National Mosque, the second largest mosque in West Africa, opens in Accra.
• 15 August – The Taliban retakes power in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of United States troops, imposing strict religious law on the nation.
• 11 September – Megan Rohrer becomes a Lutheran bishop, the first openly transgender person to do so.
• 19 September – The Church of Sweden holds elections for its assembly.
• 8 October – A member of Islamic State – Khorasan Province carries out a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
• 13 October – Hindus and Hindu temples are attacked throughout Bangladesh after a Quran is found under a Hindu idol.
• 15 October – A member of Islamic State – Khorasan Province carries out a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
• 22 October – Mass protests break out in Pakistan after the Pakistani government declined to sever ties with France for blasphemy.
• 3 December – A Sri Lankan national is lynched in Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy.
• 10 December – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia, the largest cathedral in the Persian Gulf region, is inaugurated in Bahrain.

Ongoing

• The Philippines holds 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines celebrations to mark the quincentennial of Christianity's arrival in the nation.

See also

• 2021 in Vatican City
• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion