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The report of the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes has been described as a "damning indictment" of both the church and state, by a coalition of survivors'
groups.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has announced that the government would launch a review into which UK products can be exported to Xinjiang and introduce
financial penalties for Chinese firms that do not comply with the Modern Slavery Act.
"After 10 years living in France, I returned to China to sign some papers and I was locked up. For the next two years, I was systematically dehumanised,
humiliated and brainwashed."
A pastor in Belfast is keeping his church doors open even though leaders of the main denominations in Northern Ireland have suspended communal religious
worship until next month.
The second-highest-ranking official at the Vatican reportedly requested a loan two years ago from the Vatican Bank, hoping to buy a high-priced property in
London currently at the centre of the institution's financial scandals, calling it "a valid investment."
Pope Francis on Monday formally allowed women to serve as readers at liturgies and as alter servers, in a decree that made clear that these roles are
separate from the all-male priesthood.
Trump's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has officially adopted new rules allowing recipients of federal HHS grants to discriminate against
LGBT+ people in the name of religious freedom.
Pakistan is overwhelmingly Muslim - the Hindu community makes up less than 2% of the population. Prejudice against Hindus is ingrained, says M Ilyas Khan.
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