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  Europe Health Family & Children

  UK babies born using DNA from three people raise ethical questions

  By CDI Staff

  Eight babies have been born in the United Kingdom using DNA from three people to prevent deadly hereditary diseases, a scientific breakthrough hailed by doctors but raising ethical concerns among some scientists as well as Christian groups, according to reporting by the BBC and Christian Today in the U.K.

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  Global Religious Freedom

  Christianity faces being ‘wiped out,’ UK’s FoRB envoy warns amid intensifying persecution

  By The Christian Post

  Christianity is at risk of being “wiped out” in parts of the world due to intensifying persecution, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, David Smith, has warned. The British government is now targeting 10 countries as part of its revised foreign policy focus to defend this human right.

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  Europe Latin America Church & Missions

  Church Mission Society appoints Canon Andy Roberts MBE as new CEO

  By CDI Staff

  Church Mission Society (CMS) announced yesterday (July 16) the appointment of Canon Andy Roberts MBE, 40, as its new chief executive officer. Roberts, a pioneering mission leader and former CMS mission partner, will officially take up the role on Aug. 1, 2025, succeeding Alastair Bateman. He has served as CMS’s director of mission since 2021.

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  Europe Church & Missions

  92 baptized in public mass ceremony on Bournemouth Beach, declaring faith in Jesus

  By Chris Eyte

  Ninety-two people stood on a beach in the south of England and publicly declared their love for Jesus Christ by getting baptized en masse at an event witnessed by hundreds. Five churches from Bournemouth in the county of Dorset were involved in the baptism event, which started at 9:30 a.m. near the Grade II-listed Boscombe Pier on the town’s seafront Sunday, July 13.

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  Europe Oceania Education Society & Culture Health

  Global parish nursing forum explores faith-based care for trauma, slavery, and displacement

  By Chris Eyte

  The global legacy of slavery and the trauma of forced displacement were at the heart of the biennial Parish Nursing World Forum symposium, held last month in Dundee, Scotland, under the theme “Caring Ministries to a Broken World.” Around 40 nurses and volunteers from the U.K., New Zealand, Ukraine, Germany, and Finland gathered to explore how parish nurses can bring healing and hope to communities scarred by historical injustice and modern crises.

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  Europe Religious Freedom

  Religious rights group in Spain urges EU to create post to combat Christian hate crimes

  By Chris Eyte

  A religious rights group in Spain is calling on the president of the European Commission to create a Special Coordinator to combat hate crimes against Christians.