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Greece builds diplomatic front against Turkey’s oil prospecting – Vatican News
Greece is continuing to build up a wide-ranging diplomatic front against Turkey, which it accuses of illegal oil-prospecting in Greek-controlled waters.
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German church leads crowd funding to buy vessel to aid stranded Mediterranean migrants
Germany's main Protestant church led a crowdfunding effort that purchased the rescue ship Sea-Watch 4 that is ready for work in the Mediterranean Sea to help migrants trying to reach…
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Turkmen Court Sentences Brothers Eldor and Sanjarbek Saburov to Two Years in Prison
On August 6, 2020, a Turkmen court sentenced Brothers Eldor and Sanjarbek Saburov to two years in prison for their conscientious objection to military service. The siblings are 21 and…
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John Hume praised by Catholics, Protestants and world leaders
John Hume was a Catholic nationalist who stood for Ireland as a unitary state, but he was also a peacemaker and straddled the divide into the mainly Protestant unionist camp…
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Alarm raised about ongoing crisis in Nigeria at world churches’ meeting
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is experiencing concurrent crises this year, highlighted in a recent spate of violent attacks in the north of the country, and the World Council of…
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World Council of Churches names 2022 date for 11th Assembly in Germany
The executive committee of the World Council of Churches has approved a new date for the WCC 11th Assembly, which will now be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, from August 31…
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Book Trailer Launched for Massimo Introvigne’s Book on The Church of Almighty God
Book Trailer Launched for Massimo Introvigne’s Book on The Church of Almighty God
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Religious liberty put at risk by Hong Kong security law says Asian cardinal
The Catholic cardinal who heads Asian bishops' body has issued a warning on Hong Kong's new Chinese-made security law noting that religious freedom in China faces severe restrictions. But the…
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Religion and government in the United States – eight facts from Pew
Many Americans believe in the separation of church and state, but others, often conservative evangelicals often argue that the notion is nowhere to be found in the U.S. Constitution. Dalia…
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Nigerian Christians praise Muslim group’s call to government over Boko Haram’s terror actions
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with an estimated 210 million people, has a distinctive mix of people with almost equal numbers of Christians and Muslims, most of whom get on,…