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  Welsh Senedd's rejection of assisted suicide welcomed

  A vote against assisted suicide in the Welsh Senedd has been welcomed by campaigners opposed to legalising the practice.

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  Gustavo Gutiérrez, pioneer of liberation theology, dies at 96

  Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest and revered father of Latin American liberation theology, has died at the age of 96.

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  Global persecution of Christians has worsened - report

  Christians are living under increased threat of violence, discrimination and other human rights abuses.

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  Campaigners call on Welsh Senedd to reject assisted suicide

  Campaigners opposed to assisted suicide are demonstrating outside the Welsh Senedd today as it debates a motion asking Westminster to make the practice legal in England and Wales.

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  Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ancestor's connections to slavery

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a public statement after discovering an ancestor's connection to the slave trade in the Caribbean.

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  Christians called to protect women and womanhood under 'new patriarchy' of trans ideology

  Transgender ideology is "deeply misogynistic" and Christians must work to protect the preciousness of women and femininity, a conference has heard.

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  Global South mission leaders talk new polycentric missions paradigm

  Following the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, 100 mission leaders from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America gathered for COALA 2.5, an emerging movement focusing on Global South-led missions held from Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

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  Church urged to offer hope and choice for people facing unwanted same-sex attraction

  People suffering as a result of unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion should be allowed to seek professional help, and the Church must offer a more hopeful message than simply telling them to be celibate for the rest of their lives, an international gathering has heard.

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  Western nations asked to protect religious freedom amid growing intolerance

  "Religious believers in the West are increasingly being targeted, marginalised, and sometimes even prosecuted for peacefully expressing their traditional religious convictions about family, marriage, and human nature."

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  Christians called to act as UK faces 'worst ever threat of assisted suicide becoming law'

  "With huge pressure in the media and politics, we face the worst ever threat of assisted suicide becoming law. I urge you, please, to write to politicians to share your concerns."

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  Anglican Network in Europe inaugurates third diocese

  "The Anglican Network in Europe is still small, but it is a growing Province-in-Formation," said the Most Rev Laurent Mbanda, the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and Chair of the Gafcon Primates.

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  Father-of-two convicted for praying silently in abortion clinic buffer zone

  An army veteran and father-of-two who prayed silently for a few minutes near an abortion clinic in Bournemouth has been convicted of breaching the terms of a public space protection order in place around the facility.