2022 in religion

2022 in religion.

Events

• 15 January – A hostage crisis occurs at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 5 February – The government of Karnataka, India upholds a hijab ban at schools.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• March – Hundreds of Eastern Orthodox clergymen sign the Volos Declaration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 4 March – A member of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province carries out a bombing of a Shiite mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 15 March – The United Nations sets 15 March as the International Day To Combat Islamophobia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 19 March – Pope Francis publishes and promulgates the Praedicate evangelium.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
• April –The Bishops' Conference of Central Asia is established and selects José Luís Mumbiela Sierra as its first president.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 15 April – Riots break out in Sweden after a far-right group announces its plan to burn a Quran.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 26 April – Gunmen attack a mosque in Gondar, Ethiopia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1 May – The Global Methodist Church is established to split from the United Methodist Church in opposition to its tolerance of LGBT practitioners.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 27 May – Indian politician Nupur Sharma accuses Muhammad of pedophilia, causing widespread protests.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 5 June – The Praedicate evangelium takes effect in the Catholic Church.<ref name=":0" />
• 21 June – The Je Khenpo of Bhutan ordains 144 bhikkhunīs, allowing full ordainment for women in Bhutanese Tibetan Buddhism.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 27 June – The Supreme Court of the United States determines that the Free Exercise Clause allows instructors to incorporate prayer into school activities in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 4 July – The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church is consecrated in New York City to replace the church that was destroyed during the September 11 attacks.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 24 July – Pope Francis visits Canada and apologizes for the church's historical involvement in the Canadian Indian residential school system.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 14 September – The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions begins in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 18 December – An election takes place to choose the Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 31 December – Pope Benedict XVI, who served from 2005 to 2013 as head of the Catholic Church, dies at age 95.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• 2022 in Vatican City
• Religion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine