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  Europe Religious Freedom

  U.K. Christians acquitted after arrests for preaching on homosexuality

  By Chris Eyte

  Two U.K. street preachers facing criminal charges for comments against homosexuality outside a witchcraft shop were freed early this month after a court dropped all charges.

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  Europe Church & Missions

  German congress attracts 7000 participants, emphasizes digital mission as "people find Christian faith on Instagram"

  By CDI Staff

  Earlier this month, Willow Creek Germany (WCD) hosted the Willow Creek Leadership Conference in Karlsruhe, Germany, which provided training and education on how Germans can share their faith with those in their surroundings. More than 7000 people attended the event including 5700 at the DM Arena and 1300 more at ten broadcast locations across Germany. The conference was held from March 7 to 9, focusing on the need for ‘creative courage’.

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  Global Church & Missions

  [Interview] Missions in the digital age: cyber missionaries, attachment theology and why AI does not bring life

  By CDI Staff

  We are there to build relationships. An issue is that so much of what is taking place online tends to be individualist: individual speakers or presenters as representatives of Christianity. But what if we were to come as a group, as a cluster, as a community online, and create a space within spaces rather than trying to create our own space external to these spaces.

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  Europe Religious Freedom

  Islamist defacing of Christian sites shocks French villagers

  By Chris Eyte

  Villagers at a cemetery in Dordogne Department in southwest France were horrified that vandals this week painted Islamist slogans in French and Arabic on 58 graves, a church door, a World War I memorial and tomb art depicting the Crucifixion.

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  Europe Society & Culture

  Baptist pastor’s daughter, grandson killed in Russian drone strike in Ukraine

  By The Christian Post

  A drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, resulted in the tragic deaths of 12 individuals, including a Baptist pastor’s daughter and grandson. The attack, which targeted a residential building, also left 20 others injured, with some in critical condition.

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  Europe Religious Freedom

  Organized crime suspected in attempted poisoning of priest in Italy

  By Jack Bethel

  Decades of hostility by organized crime toward the Catholic Church in Italy allegedly surfaced anew when a priest who had received death threats found bleach in wine he was about to serve for Holy Communion.