2015 in religion

This is a timeline of events during the year 2015 which relate to religion.

Events

• 7 January – Islamic terrorists carry out an attack against the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris for publishing a satirical image of Muhammad. Several other Islamic terrorists carry out random attacks in the Île-de-France region over the following days.^[1]
• 15 January – Pope Francis visits the Philippines.^[2]
• 19 January – The Eritrean Catholic Church is established as a separate entity from the Ethiopian Catholic Church.^[3]
• 25 January – The Scientology documentary Going Clear premieres at Sundance, bringing scrutiny to the Church of Scientology.^[4]
• 14 February – Islamic terrorists carry out several attacks in Copenhagen, Denmark, targeting Lars Vilks at a cultural event and targeting the Great Synagogue.^[5]
• May – The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is created by a faction of Al-Mourabitoun declaring its loyalty to the Islamic State.^[6]
• June – American conversion therapy organization JONAH is ordered to dissolve after being found to be fraudulent.^[7]
• 18 June – Laudato si' is published as an encyclical by Pope Francis.^[8]
• 27 June
  • The Dicastery for Communication is created within the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church.^[9]
  • A white supremacist gunman attacks the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.^[10]
• 1 July – The First Church of Cannabis is established in Indianapolis, Indiana.^[11]
• 16 August – Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption is founded for one month by satirist John Oliver as a criticism of prosperity theology.^[12]
• 11 September – A crane collapses on a crowd preparing for the Hajj.^[13]
• 19 September – Pope Francis visits Cuba.^[14]
• 22 September – Pope Francis visits the United States.^[15]
• 23 September – The Moscow Cathedral Mosque opens in Moscow, Russia, in a ceremony attended by Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Mahmoud Abbas.^[16]
• 24 September
  • The Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs is consecrated in Gyumri, Armenia.^[17]
  • A crowd crush occurs during the Hajj.^[18]
• 1 October – The Imam Ali Mosque opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[19]
• 3 December – The Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation publishes To Do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians.^[20]
• 8 December – The Catholic Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy begins.^[21]

Undated

• The Aiyy Faith is registered in Russia.
• The Commonwealth of Pagan Communities of Siberia–Siberian Veche is registered in Russia.
• The Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum is established.
• The Presbyterian Reformed Church in India is founded in South India.
• The Rodnover Confederation is founded in Poland.

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