CDI Staff

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22 Dec, 2025 06:43 EST

Korean scholars warn assisted suicide, abortion laws risk eroding ethical foundations

By CDI Staff

Korean academics warned that moves to legalize assisted suicide and expand access to medication abortion risk eroding core bioethical standards, citing legal ambiguity, medical risks and international precedents where safeguards weakened over time.
12 Dec, 2025 08:32 EST

Asia Society & Culture Religious Freedom

Pakistan’s parliament passes law to establish long-delayed commission on minority rights, reactions mixed

By CDI Staff

Pakistan’s parliament has approved long-delayed legislation to establish a National Commission for Minorities Rights, a move welcomed as a step toward protecting non-Muslim communities, including Christians, but criticized by rights advocates for stripping the body of key investigative and enforcement powers.
11 Dec, 2025 15:38 EST

Latin America Society & Culture Arts & Media

CDI Latin America editor Javier Bolaños joins COICOM board

By CDI Staff

Javier Bolaños, Latin America editor for Christian Daily International and director of its Spanish-language newsroom Diario Cristiano, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of COICOM International, a leading network of Christian communicators across Hispanic America.
11 Dec, 2025 11:05 EST

Asia Religious Freedom Society & Culture

‘Tolerance is crucial for peace,’ global evangelical leader tells Uzbekistan interfaith conference

By CDI Staff

A global evangelical leader underscored the urgency of religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue during a major international conference in Uzbekistan on Nov. 15, urging deeper commitments to peaceful coexistence amid rising conflict and violations of religious freedom around the world.
9 Dec, 2025 22:09 EST

Oceania Family & Children Society & Culture

Australia becomes first nation to bar children under 16 from social media

By CDI Staff

Australia has become the first country to prohibit children under 16 from using social media, ordering major platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook to block access beginning at midnight Wednesday.
9 Dec, 2025 10:30 EST

Europe US & Canada Bible & Theology Arts & Media Education

Media Associates International honors Ukrainian publisher Ezdra with 2025 global award

By CDI Staff

Media Associates International has named Ezdra Publishing of Ukraine as the 2025 recipient of the Robert B. Reekie Global Publisher Award, recognizing the Christian publisher’s sustained ministry and innovation amid war-related hardships. The annual award honors excellence in Christian publishing in regions facing exceptional challenges.
9 Dec, 2025 09:00 EST

Europe Bible & Theology Church & Missions

‘No Christ alone theology’: Evangelical theologian critiques Vatican note on Mary as ‘Co-redemptrix'

By CDI Staff

An evangelical theologian has questioned the theological coherence of a recent Vatican doctrinal note addressing the controversial Marian title “Co-redemptrix,” arguing that while the document slows momentum toward defining a new dogma, it simultaneously reaffirms a Roman Catholic framework that leaves the issue unresolved.
8 Dec, 2025 15:29 EST

Middle East US & Canada Church & Missions

Palestinian evangelical leader says Israel visit by 1,000 pastors overlooked local Christians

By CDI Staff

A leading Palestinian evangelical figure has expressed concern that a high-profile visit to Israel by more than 1,000 American pastors and Christian influencers did not include any meetings with Christian communities in the Palestinian Territories.
8 Dec, 2025 13:03 EST

Asia Religious Freedom

EU urged to combat violations of religious freedom in South Asia

By CDI Staff

Citing a dramatic escalation of targeted attacks against Christians and other minorities in their countries, human rights advocates from South Asia called for stronger European Union (EU) engagement on freedom of religion or belief at conference in Brussels on Dec. 4.
8 Dec, 2025 09:25 EST

US & Canada Bible & Theology Society & Culture Data

Renewed cultural interest in Scripture noted in final chapter of annual State of the Bible report

By CDI Staff

A renewed cultural interest in Scripture is recorded in the just-released 9th and final chapter of the 15th annual State of the Bible report by the American Bible Society (ABS). Latest findings come from a nationally representative survey for ABS by NORC at the University of Chicago, using their AmeriSpeak panel. It involved 2,656 online interviews with American adults in all 50 states and the District of Columbia with data collected from Jan. 2–21, 2025. The concluding chapter summarizes signif
6 Dec, 2025 14:00 EST

Europe Church & Missions Society & Culture

550 leaders gather in Brussels for annual European Parliament Prayer Breakfast

By CDI Staff

Delegates gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, for the annual 28th European Parliament Prayer Breakfast (EPB), where they focused on prayer, fellowship, and strategic collaboration. The EPB, held on Dec. 2-3, functions as an annual, non-political event in the European Parliament that brings together Christians involved in European politics and advocacy for networking and fellowship.
6 Dec, 2025 13:49 EST

US & Canada Data Bible & Theology

Isaiah 41:10 named YouVersion’s most popular Bible verse as app logs record engagement in 2025

By CDI Staff

YouVersion identified Isaiah 41:10 as its most engaged-with Bible verse of 2025, marking the fourth time in six years the passage has taken the top spot. The announcement comes as the Bible app platform reports its highest-ever levels of global Scripture engagement, driven in part by the first Global Bible Month held in November.

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