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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda deeply concerns world churches' body
11+ hour, 22+ min ago (489+ words) World Council of Churches general secretary'Rev. Jerry Pillay has expressed deep concern over the suffering caused by the escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The outbreak comes during the annual World Health Assembly, the decision-making…...
Trump says he will raise concerns about jailed Hong Kong Catholic campaigner Jimmy Lai during China visit
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (392+ words) (David Shepardson | Reuters)Donald Trump said he would grant naturalization for illegal immigrants if they join military forces during his first term. U. S. President Donald Trump has said he would raise concerns about jailed Catholic media tycoon and Hong Kong pro-democracy…...
US religious freedom body says India's religious freedom on 'downward trajectory"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (336+ words) Religious freedom in India is on a "downward trajectory," says a U. S. commission that has heard renewed warnings about discrimination, arbitrary detention and violence directed against Christians and other religious minorities. At a May 7 hearing on Capitol Hill, members of the…...
Ukrainian religious leader says churches in besieged country are united in commitment to peace
1+ week, 3+ day ago (531+ words) The chair of the Ukrainian Council of Churches says that what unites all his country's Christian communities and other religious organizations, is "the shared longing for an end to the war, and a commitment to prayer for peace." Bishop S'ndor…...
Persecution of Armenian church detailed in report released by rights group
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (698+ words) European leaders have gathered in Yerevan for the first European Union-Armenia Summit, as a human rights group published a list of known political prisoners in Armenia belonging to a church group. Armenia is often considered a close ally of Russia…...
UK's assisted dying bill runs out of time, but supporters pledge to try again
2+ week, 1+ day ago (501+ words) A proposed UK law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales ran out of time to become law, almost 17 months after Members of Parliament first voted in favor of it. The bill stalled on April 24 in the unelected upper…...
Catholicism tends to lose more people to religious switching than Protestants, survey shows
2+ week, 4+ day ago (875+ words) Religious switching within Christianity has affected the two largest subgroups " Catholicism and Protestantism " differently, with Catholics tending to lose more than Protestants, Pew Research reports. Christianity has experienced some of the largest losses from religious switching of any faith group…...
Pope Leo XIV meets with first woman to lead Anglican Communion, Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury
2+ week, 6+ day ago (580+ words) When Pope Leo XIV met the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, the newly enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, he said Anglicans and Catholics must continue working to overcome differences. Pope Leo held an audience on April…...
Progressive Christians speak up for their religion after Trump-Pope feud
3+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) (Screenshot from TV footage of Trump using the Bible as a prop.) Anti-war, anti-ICE, anti-authoritarian Christians are organising around their faith in opposition to the version claimed by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, which is sometimes referrred to as Chrristian…...
Desecration of Jesus statue in southern Lebanon distresses world churches' body
3+ week, 2+ day ago (481+ words) World Council of Churches general secretary'Rev. Jerry Pillay is deeply aggrieved by the desecration of a statue of Jesus on the cross by an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon, depicted in a widely-circulated image. "We join Christians in the region…...