(Washington Post) — After she met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, first lady Melania Trump confirmed a little-known fact about her faith: She is Catholic. And she described the visit with the leader of the Catholic Church as “one I’ll never forget.” While President Trump referenced his Presbyterian identity during the campaign, […]

TAMPA, Fla. (Washington Post) — A former neo-Nazi who converted to Islam is accused of killing his two roommates because they “disrespected” his new faith, police said. Last Friday evening, police arrested 18-year-old Devon Arthurs after he briefly held three people at gunpoint at a smoke shop in Tampa, then surrendered to officers. That incident, it […]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Fox 59) — A Nigerian-born church pastor was shot to death in Indianapolis and police are continuing to search for his killer. The murder took place over the weekend at an apartment complex near 10th Street and I-465 on the city’s west side. Friends and neighbors say the 66-year-old victim, Oluwadayomi Epenusi, had […]

(Christian Institute) — Burn victims may no longer be forced to undergo painful skin grafts, thanks to a revolutionary piece of technology that uses adult stem cells. Instead of taking skin from one part of the body and transplanting it onto the burned area, a stem-cell spraying device simply covers the affected area with the […]

CINCINNATI (WKYC-TV) — A security camera video taken inside a Cincinnati elementary school reveals that a student assaulted an 8-year-old boy in a restroom and other children kicked and struck the boy for five minutes while he lay unconscious. Two days later, the boy died by suicide. In a report obtained by The Cincinnati Enquirer, […]

Jakarta (ANTARA News) — U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Joseph Donovan, Jr., has stated that blasphemy laws are jeopardizing the freedom of religion, expression, assembly and press. He made the statement in Jakarta on Wednesday in response to the recent decision of the North Jakarta District Court, which found Jakarta Governor, Basuki Purnama, guilty of blasphemy against […]

(The Guardian) — Months of negotiations involving participants across two continents has resulted in a deal in which 82 Chibok schoolgirls—who were seized from their dormitories in April 2014 and held captive for more than three years by the Islamist group Boko Haram—have been released in exchange for five militant leaders. But joy at their […]

(Christian Institute) — An American couple who rejected pressure from medics to abort their conjoined twins have spoken of their delight in the decision they made. Doctors did not believe Callie and Carter Torres would survive past the eleventh week of pregnancy, but they were born by Caesarean section at 37 weeks. Mother Chelsea spoke […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WKMG) — An arson investigation is underway after a fire caused $5,000 worth of damage at a Volusia County church, the Daytona Beach Fire Department said. Someone intentionally set a fire in Master’s Domain Church around midnight Thursday then put it out, according to a news release. The pastor called the fire […]

(Christian Concern) — The number of surviving babies born at 23 weeks has risen to a third, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics. The new figures have prompted fresh calls from MPs for the abortion limit, which is currently 24 weeks, to be reduced. It comes as pro-abortion activists are calling for […]