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  Europe Health

  As mental health pressures rise amid ‘January blues’, a Christian leader offers tips

  By Chris Eyte

  The so-called “January Blues” may not be a clinical diagnosis, but new-year malaise is reflected in rising mental health pressures, with U.K. data showing some of the highest levels of demand for support recorded as the post-Christmas and New Year period sets in.  According to the U.K. National Health Service,  more than 2 million people were in active contact with mental health services in January 2025, underscoring the emotional strain many experience at the start of the year. Against this bac

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  Europe Church & Missions Data

  ‘2026 will be the most spiritually open year in living memory,’ says UK missiologist

  By Chris Eyte

  Research markers from the previous year (2025) suggest that the “tide has turned” in numbers of people attending church, says a missiologist for the U.K. Evangelical Alliance (EA). In a “Missional Trends 2026” article, Phil Knox, Evangelism and missiology senior specialist for the national EA, shared five key missional expectations for churches to anticipate in the year ahead. These include more spiritually open people, unexplained spiritual experiences and events, gospel opportunities, deeper e

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  Europe Church & Missions Arts & Media

  Tributes paid to Peter Meadows, a pioneer of modern British Christian media

  By Chris Eyte

  Tributes have been paid to Peter Meadows, a visionary media entrepreneur who  helped develop contemporary Christian journalism and broadcasting in the U.K. Meadows, who was 84, passed away from cancer on Friday, Jan. 9. Despite leaving school with only one O-level qualification, and with undiagnosed dyslexia, he went on to shape the landscape of the British Church through the founding of Spring Harvest, Buzz magazine (later renamed Premier Christianity), and Premier Christian Radio.

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  US & Canada Europe Health Science Society & Culture

  New research raises questions about sustained benefits of weight-loss drugs

  By Heewon Ham

  New research suggests that people who stop taking weight-loss medications often regain much of the weight they lost — along with associated health benefits — within two years of ending treatment, raising questions about the long-term effectiveness of drugs increasingly used to address global obesity.

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  Europe US & Canada Religious Freedom

  Half of world’s people face some level of religious persecution, report says

  By Chris Eyte

  About 4.1 billion people, half of the global population, suffer some degree of religious persecution in 24 countries, according to an aid agency report that identified a disturbing rise in anti-Christian incidents in Western countries.

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  Europe Society & Culture Education

  Irish evangelical leader says Enoch Burke case centers on 'behavior', not transgender rights

  By CDI Staff

  A senior Irish evangelical leader has said the prolonged imprisonment of teacher Enoch Burke is the result of his own conduct and defiance of court orders, not his beliefs about gender or transgender issues. Nick Park, executive director of the Evangelical Alliance in Ireland, told the Irish Independent that Burke’s “un-Christian,” “insulting” and “disruptive” behavior — rather than his views — lies at the center of the case, which has become one of Ireland’s most contentious legal and cultural