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  Europe Asia Church & Missions

  Liebenzeller Mission celebrates 50 years of partnership in Bangladesh

  By Chris Eyte

  Liebenzeller Mission International marked 50 years of spreading the gospel in Bangladesh with festive events honoring its longstanding partnership with the Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha (BBCS), a network of 350 churches, 150 pastors, and 20,000 members across 10 districts.

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  Europe Religious Freedom Education

  UK tax on private schools threatens Christian education

  By Chris Eyte

  Private Christian school leaders in the United Kingdom have joined with parents in launching legal action against a new tax that a rights advocate said will “devastate the work of brilliant Christian schools.”

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  Europe Religious Freedom Education

  Court backs Catholic school firing UK employee for biblical marriage posts

  By Chris Eyte

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

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  Europe Society & Culture

  International experts call for broader obesity diagnosis criteria, as 1 billion globally estimated obese

  By CDI Staff

  Doctors worldwide should adopt a more comprehensive approach to diagnosing obesity, incorporating broader criteria and focusing on when the condition leads to ill health, according to a new framework proposed by experts and endorsed by 76 medical organizations internationally.

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  Europe Church & Missions

  Vatican opens door to letting gay men pursue the priesthood in Italy

  By The Christian Post

  The Vatican has given its blessing to a document suggesting that those with same-sex attraction can pursue the priesthood in Italy. The Italian Episcopal Conference, the group of Roman Catholic bishops in Italy, approved a document at its 78th General Conference in 2023 titled "The formation of priests in churches in Italy. Guidelines and standards for seminaries." 

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  Europe Society & Culture

  Charity regulator investigates more charities linked to Barnabas Aid

  By Christian Today

  The Charity Commission announced on Thursday that it was launching statutory inquiries into TBF Trust, the Oxford Centre for Religion in Public Life, the Reconciliation Trust, and Servants Fellowship International (SFI). The charity regulator said the new investigations were being launched after it had identified "possible risks due to their shared premises, trustees and/or founders, and the flow of funds with Barnabas Aid, another charity under inquiry".