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Based on 6 verified sources covering Thailand, Finland, Myanmar:

Global Church News - With release of religious freedom report, global watchdog gets funding renewal Oct 21, 2015 President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill reauthorizing the U.S. (confirmed by 3 sources) [1]

Burmese bishops tell government real action needed to stop ethnic conflicts Yangon (AsiaNews) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar (CBCM) has issued an open letter to the leaders and people of Myanmar. [2]

SHANGHAI — China’s Catholic Church reaffirmed its loyalty to the country’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday, while welcoming a landmark deal struck with the Vatican on appointing new bishops. [3]

The Sjømannskirken or better known in English as the Norwegian Seamen’s Church Abroad in Pattaya was packed with Scandinavians and their Thai families and friends who had come to welcome and celebrate the inauguration of the new pastor for Norwegians... [5]

Sources
[1] MM heraldmalaysia.com · 85% match

Global Church News

Global Church News - With release of religious freedom report, global watchdog gets funding renewal Oct 21, 2015 President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill reauthorizing the U.S.

[2] MM asianews.it · 41% match

Burmese bishops tell government real action needed to stop ethnic conflicts

Burmese bishops tell government real action needed to stop ethnic conflicts Yangon (AsiaNews) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar (CBCM) has issued an open letter to the leaders and people of Myanmar.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-24 · 35% match

China’s Catholic Church Pledges Loyalty to Party After Vatican Deal

SHANGHAI — China’s Catholic Church reaffirmed its loyalty to the country’s ruling Communist Party on Sunday, while welcoming a landmark deal struck with the Vatican on appointing new bishops.

[4] FI yle.fi · 2013-07-11 · 31% match

News

On a normal day fewer than a hundred people resign from the church using the eroakirkosta.fi website.

[5] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2023-03-04 · 34% match

Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Pattaya inaugurates new pastor

The Sjømannskirken or better known in English as the Norwegian Seamen’s Church Abroad in Pattaya was packed with Scandinavians and their Thai families and friends who had come to welcome and celebrate the inauguration of the new pastor for Norwegians

[6] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 36% match

Monks and Nuns in Court over September Protests

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