United Kingdom (Mission Network News) — Despite its long religious history and grandiose church buildings, there is barely a trace of the United Kingdom’s spiritual fervor of the past. In the continent that birthed the Reformation, church attendance is rapidly declining. Many teens and adults feel a sense of hopelessness and are turning to drugs, […]
Donald Trump defended his comments about Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s Seventh-Day Adventist religious beliefs on Sunday, stating that he said nothing bad about them and reiterated that he doesn’t know “about it.” “I know nothing about it really. I’m a Presbyterian and I had mentioned that, and I did say I don’t know about it. […]
A number of Shiite Muslim men and children around the world are in the midst of observing a 10-day Islamic festival in remembrance of Muhammad’s grandson—an event that involves cutting ones head with knives or spears or self-flagellating themselves with chains. Online photos captured the bloodiness of the Muslim traditions surrounding the Day of Ashura, which […]
AUSTIN — In unannounced visits to nearly a dozen Planned Parenthood offices in the state, Texas officials delivered written demands for documents on Thursday as part of their ongoing investigation into the organization. Investigators with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) visited facilities in the Houston, Dallas, Brownsville and San Antonio to personally […]
HYDERABAD, India — A giant statue of the Hindu god Ganesh, which has an elephant head and four arms, recently came crashing down on a crowd of worshipers in India. A video of the incident was uploaded to YouTube, showing a large group of people gathering to see the idol, who begin screaming moments later at […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Nearly a dozen Texas Christians rode 100 miles to Oklahoma City this week to deliver a tablet engraved with the Ten Commandments after a Decalogue display was removed from the grounds of the capitol building earlier this month. “We’re riding for the law of God today,” John Riggs, pastor of the Texoma […]
PROSPER, Texas — A Texas principal has agreed to no longer speak at future “See You at the Pole” school prayer events in his capacity as a public official following the demands of a prominent atheist activist organization. According to reports, for the past 21 years, Dr. Greg Wright, the principal of Prosper High School […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslims in eastern Uganda angry at a Christian for leaving Islam killed his wife on Monday (Oct. 19), a month after his brother was killed for the same reason, sources said. Mamwikomba Mwanika, mother of three adult children and five others ranging in age from 17 to 9, died en […]
TAVARES, Fla. — A South Florida man is threatening to sue Lake County if officials pray during a commission meeting but don’t allow him to give a satanic invocation. Chaz Stevens, a self-described atheist, tells local news outlets his request this week is part of his “Satan or Silence Project.” His goal is to persuade […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Ohio Senate has voted to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, now sending the bill to the House for passage. “We are moving that money to organizations that are life-affirming organizations,” Sen. Bill Coley, R-West Chester Township, told reporters. Senate Bill 214 was approved 23-10 on Wednesday, mostly along party lines. […]