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Pray for Covid-hit Olympics, Christians urged

CHRISTIANS around the world are being encour­aged to pray before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which takes place tonight in Tokyo, and throughout the Olym­pic and Paralympic Games

23 Jul 2021

European Churches urge EU to secure religious freedom post-pandemic

THE Geneva-based Conference of European Churches (CEC) has urged the European Union to ensure that religious freedom is fully restored in the wake of the pandemic, and to begin reinforcing it more assertively around the world

23 Jul 2021

Church aid agencies join forces to support flood victims in Germany

THE two main church aid organisations in Germany, Caritas and Diakonie, have joined forces with the German Red Cross and federal and regional emergency aid authorities to help people in the severely flooded areas in the south-western parts of the country

23 Jul 2021

Christians who fled to China send rice to starving North Koreans

23 Jul 2021

Conservative Evangelicals plan new diocese in Australia

23 Jul 2021

Pope restricts the use of the traditional Latin mass

20 Jul 2021

German Churches offer support as floods death toll rises

16 Jul 2021

World news in brief

23 Jul 2021

Archbishop of Cape Town calls for calm after violence in KwaZulu-Natal

16 Jul 2021

Rector speaks of suffering in Lebanon one year after Beirut port explosion

16 Jul 2021

Most Indians believe in religious tolerance — but also segregation, Pew research suggests

16 Jul 2021

Clergy in Cuba are arrested after anti-government protests

16 Jul 2021

Greek Orthodox church destroyed in 9/11 to rise again after fund-raising campaign

16 Jul 2021

Church in Tibilisi, Georgia, shuts after attacks by hate groups over LGBTQ rights

16 Jul 2021

Study finds link between high leprosy cases and low Covid vaccination rates  

16 Jul 2021

German research study finds positive benefits for Fairtrade cocoa-bean farmers

16 Jul 2021

World news in brief

16 Jul 2021

Pope, Archbishop, and Moderator drop hints to South Sudan leadership

12 Jul 2021

Prayers offered for Haiti after its president is killed

09 Jul 2021

Bishops voice disillusionment with South Sudan after its first ten years

09 Jul 2021

Letter compares Romany man’s death in Czech Republic to George Floyd’s

09 Jul 2021

Canadian Primate expresses shock at devastation caused by wildfires

09 Jul 2021

Mercy Ships launch largest civilian hospital at cost of £145 million

09 Jul 2021

World news in brief

09 Jul 2021

Arson attacks on churches continue in Canada

06 Jul 2021

Peace has to be our focus, says new Archbishop in Jerusalem

02 Jul 2021

Outrage in Greece after seven Orthodox archbishops injured in acid attack

02 Jul 2021

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