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WCC regrets rejection of youth activists’ appeal over climate crisis
As a US federal appeals court ordered dismissal of a lawsuit brought by 21 youth plaintiffs against the federal government over the...
Church in Oran closed down by authorities
CSW has learned that on 23 January 2020 the House of Hope Evangelical Church in Ayoun Turk, Oran city in western Algeria...
WCC Faith and Order Commission proposes world conference, maps common ground among churches
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission, through its three study groups, is proposing a world conference as it...
Pope Francis: To know Christ better, contemplate his ‘holy face’
Meditating on the Gospel and on Christ’s holy face is a good way to know Jesus better, especially as the Lamb of...
Assyrian Christian Priest released on bail
CSW sources have confirmed that Assyrian Christian priest, Father Sefer Bileçen (known as Father Aho), was released on bail on 14 January,...
Minn. young adults accompany, pray for bishops on ad limina visit to Rome
Young adults from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are accompanying their bishops on their ad limina visit to Rome this...
WCC’s interreligious YATRA Programme to be expanded globally
The WCC’s interreligious training programme YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) launched by the World Council of Churches after its...
New UGCC bishop to be ordained for Australia
On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, Vatican officials announced that Pope Francis had accepted the abdication of the pastoral position by Petro Stasiuk,...
Order Issued to Close Church Building in Oran, Algeria, Christian Leaders Say
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – An order to close a church building in the city of Oran, Algeria was issued last fall but...
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