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  Finnish state prosecutor to appeal Christian politician's 'not guilty' verdict

  Staff writer | Sat 13 Jan 2024 6:45 GMT

  A protracted court battle is not over for a Finnish MP and bishop after the country's state prosecutor announced it would appeal a recent 'not guilty' verdict.

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  Kim Davis ordered to pay $260K for refusing to issue marriage license to gay couple: judge

  Michael Gryboski | Fri 12 Jan 2024 6:06 GMT

  Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis must pay $260,000 in attorneys' fees and other expenses for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015.

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  Serious allegations levelled against late Nigerian megachurch pastor TB Joshua

  Leonardo Blair | Wed 10 Jan 2024 13:22 GMT

  More than two years after his death, T.B. Joshua, one of Nigeria's most controversial megachurch preachers and televangelists, has been accused of secretly abusing and raping young women on three continents several times a week for nearly two decades.

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  Franciscan friars build bridges of trust with Amazon's indigenous people

  Raymond Powell | Tue 9 Jan 2024 9:57 GMT

  Franciscan friars are the only visitors to an indigenous village in the Amazon rainforest who are not armed or looking to cut down trees, according to Sônia Pinheiro, one of its elders.

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  Killing of Nigerian Christians continues unabated in new year

  Raymond Powell | Tue 9 Jan 2024 9:01 GMT

  Christians speak of "terrorism" and "religious cleansing" in northern Nigeria.

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  Indian pastors arrested under anti-conversion laws

  Shireen Bhatia | Tue 9 Jan 2024 8:22 GMT

  Two Christians were arrested and booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act for praying on New Year's Eve in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh.

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  Indian Christian communities revitalising British churches amid declining congregations

  Hannah Mitchell | Tue 9 Jan 2024 8:16 GMT

  "There are lots and lots of Christians coming from India."

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  Iranian woman faces imprisonment for converting to Christianity

  Duncan Williams | Mon 8 Jan 2024 6:28 GMT

  In a disconcerting turn of events, a sixty year old Iranian Christian convert, Mina Khajavi, finds herself on the brink of a six year prison sentence, accused of "acting against national security by promoting 'Zionist' Christianity".

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  Religious freedom groups criticise Biden administration for leaving Nigeria off violators list

  Ryan Foley | Mon 8 Jan 2024 6:22 GMT

  Religious freedom advocacy groups are criticizing the Biden administration for leaving Nigeria off the U.S. State Department list of the world's worst violators of religious freedom despite constant attacks and violence impacting Christian communities.

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  Disturbing escalation in anti-christian violence

  Shireen Bhatia | Sat 6 Jan 2024 8:49 GMT

  Disturbing data released by the United Christian Forum (UCF) reveals a concerning rise in targeted violence against Christians in India, with 687 incidents throughout 2023.

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  Seeds of faith and hope in crisis-hit Lebanon

  Christian Today | Wed 3 Jan 2024 5:34 GMT

  Christian Today speaks to Ali Wood, Tearfund's country director for Lebanon, about how Christians are responding to the many challenges affecting the crisis-hit country.

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  Fears of more attacks after Christmas massacre in Nigeria

  Staff writer | Mon 1 Jan 2024 10:19 GMT

  Christians in Nigeria's Plateau State are living in fear of more attacks after devastating bloodshed over the Christmas period.