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            <title><![CDATA[World and Asian churches' bodies dismayed at violence against protestors in Myanmar]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:47:18 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia have expressed profound dismay at the ongoing violence and the brutal attacks by military and security forces against peaceful protesters in Myanmar.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Pope Leo says he will continue to promote peace and dialogue and does not want to debate with Donald Trump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:47:49 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV says that he is not a politician and that he will "continue to speak strongly against war, seeking to promote peace and dialogue." He was speaking to journalists while on a flight to Algeria and responded to their questions about disparaging remarks Donald Trump, the U.S. president, had made against him earlier on his Truth Social Network.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese authorities seen putting increasing pressure on Christian leaders who do not comply with state control]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:08:25 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities are increasingly putting pressure on Christian leaders who do not comply with state control. One instance cited by The Wall Street Journal on March 20 cited the case of nearly 20 people associated with Zion Church, a large, long-running Protestant congregation in Beijing, arrested in October, including its founder, Ezra Jin.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Pakistan authorities request 25,000 Christians to move in Islamabad, giving no reason]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:08:41 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A group of 25,000 Christians in Islamabad, Pakistan, are being asked suddenly to leave their homes by the nation's Islamic authorities, some years after a teenage Christian had been falsely accused some time ago of blasphemy.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Lay down your weapons, Pope Leo urges leaders in his first Easter address]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:40:39 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In his first "urbi et orbi" Easter Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV used the words of his predecessor and warned of the globalization of indifference to growing conflicts, urging those fighting to lay down their weapons.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Pope Leo carries the Cross on Good Friday and issues messages on Ukraine and Israel]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:13:50 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV led the Catholic faithful at the Good Friday Way of the Cross by carrying the Cross throughout the Colosseum in Rome.
Leo became the second pope to carry the Cross for the entire Via Crucis on Good Friday at Rome's Colosseum on April 3, Vatican News reported.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[World Council of Churches head prays in Havana cathedral]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:14:06 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Jerry Pillay, has warned at the church service in the Cuban capital that reliance on war, violence, and military force as instruments of peace continues to undermine global stability.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from entering the Holy Sepulcher church on Palm Sunday, US ambassador expresses displeasure]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:30:37 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Israeli Police have prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Sarah Mullally installed as 106th archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to take the position]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:52:34 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Church of England has installed Sarah Mullally as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to take on the role in the nearly 1,500-year history of the church, becoming the de facto head of the Anglican communion]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Members of the Scottish Parliament choose not to legalize assisted dying.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:59:17 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Churches are claiming a moral victory after members of the Scottish Parliament rejected the chance to make Scotland the first part of the UK to legalise assisted dying.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Lebanon's foreign minister appeals to Holy See for diplomatic support over Christian presence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:17:39 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Lebanon's Foreign Minister has appealed to the Holy See for diplomatic support to preserve the Christian presence in border villages near Israel in the south of the country as the country faces renewed conflict and upheaval.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Scotland's churches not supporting assisted dying law debated in Scottish Parliament]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:41:15 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Not all churches concur on the issues around assisted dying as the Scottish Parliament debates a change to the law, where it will come up for a final vote on March 17, but they do not back the new law.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Threat that Middle East war poses to world, lamented by world churches' groups, Pope Leo]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/threat-that-middle-east-war-poses-to-world-lamented-by-world-churches-groups-pope-leo/61361.htm]]></link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:37:50 EDT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia, and ACT Alliance have joined in expressing their deep concern that the war in the Middle East poses worldwide.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Christian leader in Indonesia arrested for commenting on Muhammad's marital status]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 19:31:07 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The precarious sensitivities in Indonesian Christian-Muslim relations were highlighted recently in West Kalimantan Province when a Christian leader was arrested on Feb. 18 for comments he made about Muhammad, Islam's prophet and his marital status.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed church leaders 'dismayed' at global communities' failure to halt current wars]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/anglican-lutheran-methodist-and-reformed-church-leaders-dismayed-at-global-communities-failure-to-halt-current-wars/61359.htm]]></link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:17:34 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed church leaders say they are "profoundly dismayed" at the international community's failure to prevent wars, including the current escalation of conflict in Iran and the Middle East.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[World churches body, UN gravely concerned over military attacks against Iran]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:52:15 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The World Council of Churches has called the attacks carried out against Iran, which are said to have killed its leader, a "dangerous spiral of violence," placing millions of civilians at immediate risk.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Vatican Children's Hospital ranked 6th best in the world, best in Europe]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:55:14 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Vatican's Bambino Gesù Hospital is considered the leading paediatric hospital in Europe and the 6th best in the world, according to the U.S. magazine Newsweek's 2026 World's Best Hospitals ranking.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Pope Leo's next 'Apostolic Journeys' will take him to Africa, Spain and Monaco]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:16:14 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV will make a ten-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and to two other countries in Europe in the first half of 2026 and will visit a famous cathedral immortalised by the Spanish artist Gaudí.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Four years after Russian invasion of Ukraine, world church leaders urge 'just peace']]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:55:44 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,  the World Council of Churches has welcomed reported signs of progress toward the cessation of violence and joined Pope Leo in calling for an end to the war.]]></description>
                        
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            <title><![CDATA[Vatican says it will not participate in Donald Trump's Board of Peace]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:34:34 EST</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Holy See "will not participate in U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace because the Vatican says that it should be the United Nations that handles crisis situations.]]></description>
                        
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