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  On World Day Against Trafficking, Canadian evangelical body highlights children as primary victims

  The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has marked the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 by focusing on the most vulnerable of people: children. 

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  City of Medellin and World Vision join forces to protect migrant children in Colombia

  Dangerous migration in Latin America due to poverty, insecurity and political conflicts continues to increase, especially among children and adolescents. According to data provided by UNICEF, it is estimated that in the Darien jungle alone, on the border between Colombia and Panama, 800,000 people will cross in 2024, 160,000 of which will be under 18 years of age. Based on the regional context and the trends observed in the first four months of 2024, the majority of these minors will likely requ

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  Church leaders respond to New Zealand Abuse in Care report, words alone cannot 'mend the wounds'

  Church leaders in New Zealand have been responding to the publication of a devastating Abuse in Care report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry recounting the abuse and neglect suffered by many thousands of vulnerable children and adults in the hands of church and state institutions from 1950 to1999. Entitled Whanaketia, meaning ‘Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light’, the report contained a challenge to faith leaders to apologize. 

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  As marriage rates decrease in France, Protestant bodies highlight importance of biblical marriage, care for vulnerable in families

  Evangelical Christian bodies in France have made public statements that the Biblical concept of families is the basic tenet for society, for learning social relations and to protect the vulnerable such as children, as latest figures show a sharp decrease in popularity for marriage in the country. Statistics published by Statista Research Department on July 23 reveal that the proportion of married couples in France has been declining since the mid-2000s. In 2008, the figure was 47.8 percent and t

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  Half of Christian youth in South Korea spend less than 5 minutes per day on faith activities, survey finds

  On July 23, the Pastoral Data Research Institute (PDRI) in South Korea released the results of its survey on Christian youth highlighting areas that churches should focus on to strengthen the faith of Christian middle and high school students. It revealed that half of Christian youth spend less than five minutes a day on their faith activities, and only 43% are comfortable expressing their faith and discussing it at school.

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  Why do churches see the menopause as a taboo subject when half the world’s population experience it?

  The Church still finds menopause experiences a taboo subject, according to Karen Markiewicz, chaplain, missionary and author of a soon-to-be-published book on the relationship between the menopause and spiritual formation. Markiewicz spoke to Christian Daily International about the struggles endured by women during menopause and how to find a Christian perspective when the wider Church seems to offer little support. 

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  Devastating report unveils decades of abuse and neglect by state and Christian institutions in New Zealand

  A final report on the unthinkable abuse and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children, youths and adults in the care of State and faith-based institutions in New Zealand between 1950 and 1999 has been published by the Abuse in Care/Royal Commission of Inquiry, calling the findings “a national disgrace.” 

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