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The World Council of Churches has joined with the All Africa Conference of Churches in calling for a Global Day of Prayer to End Famine on 21st May as millions in Africa face starvation.
With more people today facing famine than at any time in modern history, the
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A 20-year-old religious freedom activist and university student was detained and threatened by Cuban state security agents after a visit to the US to raise concerns about religious freedom violations in Cuba, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
The UK-based religious freedomn advocacy organisation said Fếlix Yuniel Llerena López was
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Three Ethiopians do not now have to pay compensation for a church which, in January, they were acquitted of charges of destroying.
All Protestant Christians, the three men - Tibebu Mekuria, Dawit Jemberu, and Belete Tilahun were freed on 18th January after a Supreme Court judge acquitted
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An Irish Columban Catholic missionary, Fr Shay Cullen, has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Martin Buber Award in recognition of his internationally acclaimed work in support of human rights in The Philippines.
Fr Shay established the PREDA Foundation in The Philippines in 1974, an organisation
Dramatic rise in children projected to suffer from malnutrition in Somalia this year as crisis grows
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A mother cares for her son who is being treated for cholera at a UNICEF-supported cholera treatment centre in Baidoa, Somalia. PICTURE: © UNICEF/UN059485/Knowles-Coursin
As many as 1.4 million children are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia this year - including more than
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UPDATE (3rd May): The petition has since been withdrawn with organiser, Ben Grubb, a former technology editor for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, issuing a public apology "for the pain it has caused to many in the LGBTI community".
The Australian Christian Lobby has "cautiously welcomed" calls
Some 30 language groups - 95 million people - received Scriptures in native tongue for first time in 2016, says United Bible Societies
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BIBLE TRANSLATION AROUND THE WORLD: Some 3,655 languages still have no Scriptures in their language according to the latest UBS report. GRAPHIC: United Bible Societies.
Lumasaaba speakers of Uganda, Mongondow speakers of Indonesia and Inupiaq speakers of Canada were among 30 different language groups, accounting
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As the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of two Syrian bishops passed late last month, their whereabouts remain unknown.
Syriac Orthodox Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim and Greek Orthodox Boulos Yazigi were abducted on 22nd April, 2013. Several attempts to locate them have been so far unsuccessful. According to Asia
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At least 90 people on death row in Iran are under the age of 18, says a group of UN experts who are calling for authorities in the Middle Eastern nation to immediately put an end to the execution of those aged who were under 18 at the time of
World Council of Churches says Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches' baptism agreement a "sign of hope"
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The World Council of Churches has welcomed the signing of an agreement under which the Catholic Church and Coptic Orthodox Church will recognise each other's baptisms as a "sign of hope".
Roman Catholic Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II signed the agreement on Friday during Pope Francis' two
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Pope Francis, right, embraces Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt. PICTURE: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
Pope Francis used the political capital he has built up with the Islamic world to issue a powerful condemnation of religion-inspired violence, calling
