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  Argentine evangelical congress gathers 500 leaders to strengthen support for children and families

  About 500 pastors, leaders and ministry representatives met Sept. 12 at Ríos de Vida Church in Quilmes, Argentina, for the First Congress on Childhood, Adolescence, Family and Education, organized by the Christian Alliance of Evangelical Churches of the Argentine Republic (ACIERA), according to a recent report on the gathering.

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  Record 2,400 Christian leaders gather in Atlanta for CAFO2026 child welfare summit

  More than 2,400 Christian child welfare leaders from across the United States and at least 50 countries gathered in Atlanta on Wednesday for the opening of CAFO2026, marking the largest attendance in the annual conference's 22-year history.

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  Peru's president unveils school reform to remove content her government considers ideological

  Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori unveiled an education reform Sept. 14 that would update the national school curriculum and remove content her government considers ideological.

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  Christian family law bill in Pakistan’s Sindh sparks controversy as churches deny consent

  Controversy has erupted over a proposed law to overhaul Christian family legislation in Pakistan’s Sindh province after the Catholic Church and the Church of Pakistan both denied giving their consent to the bill, despite claims that the two major denominations were consulted during its preparation.

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  Global study finds a third of young people have an AI companion as close friendships narrow

  More than a third of adolescents and young adults surveyed across 11 countries say they have an artificial intelligence companion, and most of that group say they find it easier to confide in the software than in some of their friends or relatives, according to research released Thursday by Young Life.

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  Dominican evangelical body urges national response to falling PISA scores

  More than 700,000 15-year-old students took part in the latest edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). According to CNN en Español, seven of the 13 countries assessed in the region posted average declines compared with previous measurements, confirming a picture of stalled learning affecting young people.

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  Afghanistan is the only country that bars girls past sixth grade. New research shows they are still learning.

  Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls are shut out of school beyond the sixth grade, and where women are barred from university. Five years into that ban, new research suggests the classroom doors closed but the learning did not stop.

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