Redeemer Lutheran Church in Panama City’s Balboa district, founded in 1948, was rededicated in 2024 after a restoration that included a new roof, mould treatment, new windows and a restored tile floor.

France planned a new public subscription, modelled on its heritage lottery, to restore village churches, after €280 million went to 8,265 religious heritage projects over five years and 10,500 religious buildings hold monument status.

Aleppo’s Maronite Cathedral of St Elijah, damaged by mortar fire from 2012 to 2016, was set to reopen in July 2020 after a restoration supported by $460,000 from Aid to the Church in Need.