>Christian minorities in the Middle East are at risk of disappearing entirely, Roman Catholic and Protestant Church leaders in Germany have warned. They have said religious freedom is threatened worldwide.
>The German Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches (EKD) published a report focusing on religious conversion to Christianity as a "litmus test for religious freedom." The 70-page report, entitled "Ecumenical Report on the Religious Freedom of Christians Worldwide," was released during the German Bishops' Conference.
>Petra Bosse-Huber, the EKD's bishop responsible for foreign ministries, said: "In our secularized Western society, we can often barely imagine what it means when people are hindered from visiting a mass or reading and studying the Bible with others."
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