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Cameroon religious leaders encouraged to become ‘diplomats of peace’ in troubled land

When a group of Cameroonian religious leaders from both English and French-speaking communities, both Christian and Muslim, met to discuss the crisis in the Anglophone western provinces of Cameroon, they committed themselves to being "diplomats of peace."

COMECE participates in the high level EU religious leaders’ meeting

COMECE participates in the high level EU religious leaders’ meeting H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ and H.E. Mgr. Youssef Soueif, respectively President of COMECE and delegate of the Maronites in Cyprus to COMECE, participated...

UK archeologist says ‘strong case’ house in Nazareth crypt was home to Jesus

British archaeologist Ken Dark who has spent 14-years studying an excavation site in Nazareth, Israel, believes that he has discovered the childhood home of Jesus.

Future EU-Africa partnership: Local communities play a key role in building resilience and human security

Future EU-Africa partnership  Local communities play a key role in building resilience and human security    "The human dimension could still be further strengthened in the actions put forward by the European Union in its partnership with Africa, on peace and security in particular”, stated Fr. Manuel Barrios Prieto, General Secretary of COMECE, on the occasion...

US Court ruling on religious services irrelevant, says NY governor, but decision shows future inclination

When the U.S. Supreme Court barred restrictions on religious services in New York that Governor Andrew M. Cuomo had imposed to combat the novel coronavirus, numerous religious organizations cheered it as setting down a marker for freedom of religion discourse.

Pro-life student midwife who faced UK university suspension gets payout and apology

A 24-year-old Catholic undergraduate student in a midwife program was barred from placement in a hospital, reportedly due to her pro-life beliefs at the University of Nottingham in England but that decision was overturned last week.

UK Christian charities urge prime minister not to cut development aid budget

The Archbishop of Canterbury who leads the Anglican church, and charities such as Christian Aid have appealed to the UK government not to cut billions from Britain's international development budget.

US bishops urge Trump, Barr to stop federal executions

The United States is heading toward having 10 federal executions in 2020, more than double the previous record of four in 1938. "In the last 60 years, before the Trump administration restarted federal executions, there were only four federal executions," two bishops wrote on the website of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Protestant, Catholic churches in Germany launch campaign against antisemitism

Germany's main Protestant and Catholic churches have announced plans for a campaign to be launched to encourage Christians to take a clear stand against increasing antisemitism, recognizing it also has Christian roots.

In UK religion rather race is cause of more prejudice study shows

Prejudice around religion, rather than on race or xenophobia, is the "final frontier" for diversity, where individuals are prepared to express negative attitudes, a new study in England and Wales has found.

Pope Francis speaks out on fight against sexual abuse after report

Pope Francis renewed a pledge by the Catholic Church to uproot the scourge of a notorious sexual abuser after the Vatican released an extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick former archbishop of Washington.

East Africa faces ‘alarming situation’ with locusts

Locusts which have swarmed into the East and Horn of Africa region are eating their way through pastures and crops spurring the Lutheran World Federation and aid groups it is working with to call for measures to fight this plague.

World churches body condemns recent extremist attacks around the world

In a week of brutal inter-ethnic violence and a series of attacks by extremists claiming to act in the name of Islam, the World Council of Churches has condemned the violence and called for confronting the brutal ideologies behind them.

Church unearthed where Jesus said to tell Peter to establish Christianity

Archeologists have uncovered one of the earliest churches in the Holy Land at the foot of breathtaking waterfalls in the scenic Banias Nature Reserve in Israel's north.

Religious liberty endangered by French Draft Law Against “Separatism”

Religious liberty endangered by French Draft Law Against “Separatism”

Macron gets a request from NGOs around the world to have his anti-separatism bill reviewed by Venice Commission

Macron gets a request from NGOs around the world to have his anti-separatism bill reviewed by Venice Commission

Thomas Schirrmacher will be next head of World Evangelical Alliance

The World Evangelical Alliance says that Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher is to become its next Secretary General from March 2021 when he takes over from the current CEO Bishop Efraim Tendero.

Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher Appointed Next Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance

Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher Appointed Next Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance

Churches condemn ‘savage’ killing of three in Nice church attack

Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow and offered prayers for a "savage attack" in at a church in the French city of Nice in which three people were killed in a knife attack described as a "terrorist incident" and which was denounced by the French president.

‘Franciscan friars administer Syrian Christians in Idlib jihadist zone’

Two Franciscan friars are the only remaining clergy in Idlib, Syria, and the details of their lives ministering in one of the last bastions of jihadist rule in the country, including the daily threat of being killed, tortured or attacked are revealed by Catholic aid group.

Renewal of Vatican-China deal triggers Taiwan religious freedom concerns

Taiwan has highlighted concern for religious freedom and human rights following the Oct. 22 announcement of the renewal of the Vatican-China provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops.

World churches joins UN in condemning brutal killing of 8 schoolchildren in Cameroon

World Council of Churches interim head Rev. Ioan Sauca has joined other global Christians and the United Nations in expressing horror at the news of a brutal attack on schoolchildren in Cameroon in which assailants slaughtered at least eight students with firearms and machetes.

Churches, Buddhist group hail ratification of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

A broad spectrum of churches and a major Buddhist group have hailed the ratification of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which seeks for the first time to establish a comprehensive ban on atomic weapons.

Hong Kong Catholic millionaire won’t surrender fight for democracy

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai said police raided his private offices on Oct. 15, months after he was arrested on suspicion of violating the city's national security law, but his will not deter him from his faith.

Statement of the Secretary General of COMECE on the eve of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day

Statement of the Secretary General of COMECE on the eve of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day Trafficking in persons and other contemporary forms of enslavement are a worldwide problem that needs to be taken seriously by...
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