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  Easter prayer call after Indonesia church bombing

  Staff writer | Tue 30 Mar 2021 11:26 BST

  Christians are being called to pray for their fellow believers living in persecution hotspots after Sunday's bomb attack on an Indonesian cathedral.

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  Palm Sunday church attackers were newlyweds

  Staff writer | Mon 29 Mar 2021 9:54 BST

  At least 20 people were injured when a couple let off pressure cooker bombs at the entrance to the Roman Catholic Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, on Sulawesi.

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  20 injured in Palm Sunday suicide bomb attack on church

  Staff writer | Sun 28 Mar 2021 11:44 BST

  At least 20 people have been injured after a suicide bomb attack on a church in Indonesia on Palm Sunday.

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  Cardinal pleas for peace as military clampdown in Myanmar intensifies

  Staff writer | Fri 26 Mar 2021 11:27 GMT

  The leader of the Catholic Church in Myanmar has appealed to protesters to refrain from violence amid an increasingly brutal military crackdown.

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  With Islamist extremism going unchecked, Christians are facing rising persecution in Bangladesh

  Staff writer | Fri 26 Mar 2021 10:11 GMT

  The warning came as the country marks 50 years of independence.

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  Canadian father who refuses to accept child's gender transition is jailed

  Jennifer Lee | Mon 22 Mar 2021 10:11 GMT

  A Canadian father who strongly objects to his transgender child transitioning has been jailed after discussing the case publicly.

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  Spain becomes fourth European country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide

  Staff writer | Sat 20 Mar 2021 16:43 GMT

  Spain has become the fourth country in the European Union to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide.

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  Investing in Syria's forgotten generation

  Zara Sarvarian, Open Doors UK | Sat 20 Mar 2021 11:22 GMT

  Meet the Lebanese church that made a welcome for Syria's refugees.

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  Ancient Bible fragments dating back nearly 2,000 years discovered in Judean Desert

  Staff writer | Wed 17 Mar 2021 16:17 GMT

  The fragments contain portions from the Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum.

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  Syria: where churches are fighting for survival

  Zara Sarvarian, Open Doors UK | Wed 17 Mar 2021 14:25 GMT

  What was only expected to last 'a few days' turned into a decade of war. Here's how the Syrian church has responded to the crisis.

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  Vatican: blessings for same-sex unions not possible

  Staff writer | Mon 15 Mar 2021 12:09 GMT

  The Vatican said that same-sex unions were "not ordered to the Creator's plan".