Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church and Addis Ababa’s city administration clashed over ownership of Meskel Square, which the city had recently renovated with underground car parks, after a Protestant fund-raiser was held there.

Angolan pastors who broke from the Brazilian-led Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in 2020 claimed control of 220 of about 300 temples, while the church said its buildings had been invaded.

Illinois Public Media looked at closed churches reborn as apartments and a chamber of commerce office in Springfield, a restaurant and brewery in Peoria, and a youth ministry centre in Jacksonville.