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  Vatican condemns sex-change surgeries, surrogacy in new human dignity declaration

  Ryan Foley | Thu 11 Apr 2024 8:34 BST

  The Vatican has released a new document confirming the Catholic Church's opposition to gender transition surgeries and surrogacy as it seeks to draw attention to the institution's longstanding teachings about the indispensable dignity of the human person.

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  US survey sheds light on Church exodus

  David Goodwin | Wed 10 Apr 2024 13:14 BST

  The results of a comprehensive survey into the religious experiences of American adults have been released, offering some sobering food for thought to religious and faith organisations.

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  Concerns over ban on prayers for healing in India

  Victoria Pearson | Mon 8 Apr 2024 10:16 BST

  Christians have criticised a controversial bill in the Indian state of Assam that bans prayers for healing.

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  Family of slain Christian in Pakistan receives death threats

  Christian Daily International-Morning Star News | Mon 8 Apr 2024 9:31 BST

  Muslim relatives of the alleged killer of a 20-year-old Christian in Pakistan are threatening the victim's family with death if they do not drop charges, sources said.

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  Christian students talk self-censorship, death threats and why sharing faith is not optional

  Carolina Luciano Burgos | Mon 8 Apr 2024 9:12 BST

  "They always made me feel so bad about sharing my beliefs or my way to live," she said. "I learned over time to just be very careful of what I was going to say."

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  Hong Kong's Catholics fear for religious freedom

  David Goodwin | Thu 4 Apr 2024 9:15 BST

  Hong Kong's Catholic community has been left fearing that one of the key tenets of its faith is under threat after the passage of new security laws last month.

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  Kerala Christians slam government inaction after recent attacks

  Shireen Bhatia | Thu 4 Apr 2024 9:06 BST

  Archbishop Thomas J. Netto of the influential Latin Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram said Christians were being subjected to "cruelty and violence by dark forces" in Manipur and North India, but there has been no firm action taken by those in power.

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  Al Shabaab Suspected in Killing of Six Christians in Somalia

  Morning Star News | Thu 4 Apr 2024 8:53 BST

  Six Kenyan merchants killed by suspected militants from the Islamic extremist Al Shabaab on 29 March in the Somali border town of Dhobley were likely attacked for spreading Christianity, sources said.

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  Report reveals surge in violence against Christians in India

  Shireen Bhatia | Thu 4 Apr 2024 8:47 BST

  The Evangelical Fellowship of India's (EFI) latest annual report on religious liberty sounds a chilling alarm over the escalating violence and systematic persecution faced by the country's Christian community.

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  In crime-stricken Haiti, Catholic priests and nuns are targeted as kidnap victims

  Eduardo Campos Lima | Tue 2 Apr 2024 10:07 BST

  Kidnappings by criminal gangs have continued to terrorize the country's residents, not least Catholic priests and other missionaries. In 2024 alone, at least 14 priests and religious brothers and sisters were abducted.

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  World Evangelical Alliance Secretary General Thomas Schirrmacher resigns

  Michael Gryboski | Tue 2 Apr 2024 9:57 BST

  World Evangelical Alliance Secretary General Thomas Schirrmacher has resigned from his position in the prominent global Christian organization due to health reasons.

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  'It's been very good for her,' says Jordan Peterson about wife's conversion to Catholicism

  Victoria Pearson | Tue 2 Apr 2024 9:22 BST

  Canadian psychologist and writer Jordan Peterson feels very positive about his wife's conversion to Catholicism.