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In February, the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News published a joint investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against some 380 current and former Southern Baptist ministers and volunteers.

Canada, unlike the US, does not have a bill of rights explicitly endorsing freedom of religion.

Victims’ advocates say stronger measures are needed.

Religious diversity and participation have flourished in Cuba since the country loosened restrictions. Christians are aiding their neighbors—and testing possibilities for political dissent.

A Methodist church-based messaging platform has sent hundreds of texts to people’s phones about how to prevent Ebola transmission.

The oil drilling facility is 130 feet from a church and 730 feet from an elementary school, reported a local coalition fighting for regulation of such sites.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has acknowledged that it benefited from the slave trade. A clergy group encouraged the school to give part of its endowment to a college started by people who had been enslaved.

Yan Xiong, who was a student leader at the 1989 demonstrations, sees Chinese people increasingly becoming disillusioned. Authorities have arrested pastors and placed more than 1 million Uighur Muslims into internment camps.

In several nations, congregations have opened their doors to asylum seekers as government leaders have hardened policies.