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  Feb 4, 2025

  Panelists at IRF Summit urge Trump admin. to champion religious freedom worldwide

  Participants in what organizers called the largest ever religious freedom gathering voiced hope that the new U.S. administration and Congress would include their cause in broader policies as the International Religious Freedom Summit opened in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

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  Feb 1, 2025

  Kenya sees rise in femicide; 75% of women, girls killed by men known to them

  2024 saw a marked increase in women being murdered in Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organization terms as femicide.

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  Jan 28, 2025

  Worsening persecution in North Korea calls for change in mission strategy: 'Complete control'

  The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) announced the results of its 2024 White Paper on Religious Freedom in North Korea and a public awareness survey on North Korean human rights at the Franciscan Education Center in Seoul’s Jeong-dong on Jan. 23.

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  Jan 27, 2025

  When soccer meets faith: How Brazilian teams are reaching kids for Jesus

  In a small neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a group of young people gathers every afternoon on a dusty court. Among them is Lucas, a teenager who once spent his days on the streets, surrounded by negative influences.

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  Jan 21, 2025

  Trump moves to withdraw US from WHO over agency's handling of pandemic, failure to reform

  President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in office to begin withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that some scientists and faith leaders warn could reverse decades of progress in combating infectious diseases such as AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. 

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  Jan 19, 2025

  Court backs Catholic school’s firing of teacher over Instagram posts

  A school pastoral manager in north London plans to appeal an employment tribunal's ruling that supported a Catholic school firing her over her social media posts in favor of biblical marriage. 

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  Jan 16, 2025

  Evangelical leaders urge Trump to sustain refugee resettlement program

  Leaders of several Evangelical organizations, including the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, have signed a letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to sustain the U.S. refugee resettlement program when he takes office next week.

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  Jan 13, 2025

  Universities in NZ to be required to strengthen freedom of speech if gov't amendment passes

  New Zealand universities will soon be required to strengthen freedom of speech protections under proposed changes to the Education and Training Act 2020, the government announced in December 2024.

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  Jan 12, 2025

  Pakistan's oldest seminary removes chairman amid accusations corruption

  The chairman of the Board of Directors of Gujranwala Theological Seminary, Pakistan’s oldest seminary, has been removed from his position over allegations of financial corruption.

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  Jan 8, 2025

  Portrait of 'last Christian emperor' of Constantinople and Byzantine found in Greece

  Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine, Constantine XI Palaiologos, dubbed the last Christian ruler of Constantinople.