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Church of Sweden’s alarm: Churches may have to be closed
More money is needed to preserve the country’s churches, according to the Church of Sweden. In the Falkenberg pastorate, they have had to pause work on two churches because the…
The grim figure: Record numbers of copper thefts from churches
More and more churches in Sweden are affected by copper theft, according to recent figures from the Church’s insurance company. Despite the fact that the problem has existed for a…
More churches are sold than built
Share the article Save the article full screen 133 church buildings have been sold, demolished or burned since the year 2000. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT 133 church buildings have…
More churches are sold than built
Not all buildings have been preserved, according to statistics from the church office and the dioceses, write Church Newspaper. About ten have been bought by municipalities where some of them…
many homes and churches ransacked after the riots in the east of the country
Dozens of Christian families have returned to their homes in the past 24 hours in the Christian neighborhood of Jaranwala in eastern Pakistan. Residents are still in shock after violence…
Alleged desecration of Koran raises anger – rioters destroy Christian churches and houses in Pakistan
An allegation of desecration of the Quran that spread on social media prompted Muslims living in the town of Jaranwala to take the law into their own hands. More than…
Pakistan: several churches burnt down in the east of the country after an alleged desecration of the Koran
Terrifying scenes took place in Pakistan on Wednesday August 16, where at least four churches were set on fire, and a Christian cemetery was desecrated by hundreds of men armed…
Angry mobs set fire to churches in Pakistan
full screen Destroyed interior outside a church set on fire in Jaranwala near Faisalabad in Pakistan. Photo: Avid Waqar/AP/TT Hundreds of Muslim men attacked several churches and homes in a…
Churches in the United States are forced to close
The United States is usually described as one of the world’s most religious countries, where religion is an important part of Americans’ identity. But in recent years, a change in…
In Ukraine, another war rages between the Orthodox churches
One is in a purple cassock with gilding. The other in camouflage. In a parish of Khmelnytskyi (central Ukraine), on April 2, a dispute broke out between Arthur Ananiev, a…