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New York agrees: Catholic nuns may continue ministry without being forced to assist suicides

WASHINGTON – With agreement from the state of New York, a federal judge ordered the state not to enforce its assisted-suicide mandate against four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic healthcare ministries while their federal lawsuit proceeds. The temporary agreement protects the ministries from being forced...
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Lambeth Palace appoints new Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer

Lambeth Palace is pleased to announce two appointments to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s senior team.  Becky Clark has been appointed Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Anna Dulic-Sills has been appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer for Lambeth Palace.   As the...
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On the eve of the Indonesian presidential vote Widodo changes the name of Christian festivals

On the eve of the presidential and parliamentary vote in Indonesia - the most...
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Homes destroyed, Bibles torched in anti-Christian persecution in Savannakhet

Christians are still being victimised in Laos. In a village in the southern part...
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10 clergy arrested by police in Lucknow accused of trying to convert Hindus to Christianity

A Catholic priest, Fr Dominic Pinto, was arrested on Monday by police in Barabanki...
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Hindu nationalists go after another Christian orphanage in Madhya Pradesh

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has targeted another Christian institution...
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Broken promises push Christians, Hindus and Buddhists to go on a hunger strike

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCU), an interreligious minority rights organisation, today...
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China boosts religious repression, arresting clergymen, removing crosses, cranking up sinicisation

China has intensified its crackdown on the activities of religious groups in recent weeks,...
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Iran targets minorities one year after Mahsa Amini’s death, 69 Christians arrested

Iran arrested scores of Christians, mostly converts from Islam but also some Assyrian-Chaldeans baptised...
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North Korean Christians arrested for a prayer service

North Korean authorities have arrested five Christians on charges of promoting an underground prayer...
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United Torah Judaism MKs urge the Knesset to criminalize Christian evangelism

A norm that "goes against freedom of conscience" even before freedom of religion and...
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Orthodox Patriarchate slams ‘heinous’ attack against the Tomb of Mary in Jerusalem

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Primate Theophilos III, united with the synod,...
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Chinese Religious affairs minister purged

Cui Maohu falls after anti-corruption agency started investigating his work in his native Yunnan....
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Christians and other minorities warned to stay away from Iranian protests

Iranian authorities are targeting minorities, especially Christians, in order to stem street protests, now in...
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New York agrees: Catholic nuns may continue ministry without being forced to assist suicides

WASHINGTON – With agreement from the state of New York, a federal judge ordered the state not...
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Lambeth Palace appoints new Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer

Lambeth Palace is pleased to announce two appointments to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s senior...
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New bishop of Leeds announced

The new Bishop of Leeds will be the Rt Revd Dr Toby Howarth, it...
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Missionaries, not management consultants

he dust is only just beginning to settle from General Synod. I know it might...