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  Major excavation of 'internationally significant' Pool of Siloam announced

  Jennifer Lee | Fri 30 Dec 2022 6:37 GMT

  The Bible records Jesus performing a miracle at the Pool of Siloam.

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  Catholic faithful praying for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

  Staff writer | Thu 29 Dec 2022 20:21 GMT

  Catholics are praying for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after Pope Francis revealed that he is "very ill".

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  Church leaders welcome Tigray peace deal

  Staff writer | Thu 29 Dec 2022 9:44 GMT

  Catholic bishops in Ethiopia have welcomed the recent agreement reached by the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) to cease hostilities.

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  Terrorists attack Christian communities in northeast Nigeria

  Morning Star News | Thu 29 Dec 2022 7:46 GMT

  Members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on December 19 burned homes in Borno state, Nigeria, nine days after terrorists killed a pregnant Christian woman in the same area, sources said.

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  In Haiti, a crisis of violence, chaos, and cholera goes largely ignored by outside world

  Bob Smietana | Thu 29 Dec 2022 7:43 GMT

  Charities do what they can to help the impoverished nation, but international action is needed to bring order and restore infrastructure, experts on the ground say.

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  Pilgrims are returning to the Holy Land after Covid but the region's recovery will take time

  Christian Today | Tue 27 Dec 2022 8:36 GMT

  Tourists are slowly returning to the Holy Land, but it will be some time before the region is back on its feet after the pandemic, says Friends of the Holy Land's Brendan Metcalfe.

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  Christians asked to pray for Ukraine over Christmas

  Staff writer | Mon 26 Dec 2022 11:13 GMT

  Christians are being asked to remember the people of Ukraine in their prayers over the festive season.

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  UK government urged to save Afghan Christian from deportation in Pakistan

  Staff writer | Mon 26 Dec 2022 10:39 GMT

  Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has made an urgent appeal to the UK government to save an Afghan Christian convert facing "fatal" deportation from Pakistan.

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  Pope decries 'senseless' war in Ukraine in Christmas Day message

  Staff writer | Sun 25 Dec 2022 15:22 GMT

  The Pope has used his Christmas Day message to call for peace and an end to the "senseless" war in Ukraine.

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  Christians flee into jungle to escape wave of anti-Christian riots

  Jennifer Lee | Fri 23 Dec 2022 8:47 GMT

  Hundreds of Christians in India are hiding in the jungle after being forced from their homes by a wave of anti-Christian violence in the run-up to Christmas.

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  Archaeologists excavate tomb of 'Jesus' midwife,' find hundreds of artifacts

  Nicole Alcindor | Thu 22 Dec 2022 7:33 GMT

  Archaeologists uncovered hundreds of artifacts in an ancient Jewish burial cave in Israel that is believed by some to have been the tomb of a midwife present at the scene of Jesus' birth based on the so-called Gospel of James.

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  'I have no doubt now that my father was a serial paedophile,' Brian Houston tells court

  Anugrah Kumar | Wed 21 Dec 2022 9:15 GMT

  Brian Houston, the founder and former global senior pastor of the Hillsong Church network, told a court in Australia that his father, Frank, was a "serial paedophile" but received a retirement package after being defrocked by the Assemblies of God.