TOLEDO, Ohio — The Ohio Christian Education Network and three faith-based schools have filed a lawsuit against the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department for halting in-person schooling for grades 7-12 until Jan. 11 due to the COVID pandemic. “The act of worship (or engaging in physical or mental acts to honor God) takes many forms beyond singing […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard Medical School recently generated backlash after referring to mothers and women as “birthing people” in an online seminar on “maternal justice” in order to be inclusive of women who identify as men. “Harvard, an institution that was once a beacon of intellectual excellence, is now a laughing stock reduced to this […]

WASHINGTON — The homosexual advocacy group Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a self-titled “Blueprint for Positive Change” document that outlines 85 policy recommendations it would like to see under the Biden administration. Included in the items listed are the revocation of religious exemptions put in place by the Trump administration that protect Christian schools, […]

KALISPELL, Mont. — A Montana man who was arrested for toppling a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of a county courthouse with a chain and his pickup truck this past summer has been found guilty. Flathead County District Court Judge Amy Eddy found Anthony Weimer, 30, of Columbia Falls guilty of felony criminal mischief after […]

ROME — In one of the feasts and celebrations marked on the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar leading up to Christmas, Catholics around the world observed the Feast of Immaculate Conception on Tuesday, a day in which those who follow the religion commemorate their belief that Mary was conceived in her mother’s womb without original sin. The […]

Joe Biden announced on Monday that he has nominated California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The pick was denounced by pro-life groups and others, who noted that Becerra is “aggressively pro-abortion” as he defended a state law requiring pregnancy centers to provide […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A high school in Montana has reinstated the official status of a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) student group after initially revoking it out of Church-State separation concerns. A letter from a nationally-recognized religious liberties organization seemingly helped the school to change its mind. “The First Amendment doesn’t permit a public school to […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal challenging an Oregon public school district’s restroom and locker use policy, which allows students who identify as the opposite sex to use the facility that aligns with their gender identity. Without comment, the court denied certiorari to the case of Parents for Privacy […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for the worldwide repeal of blasphemy, heresy and apostasy laws, some of which have resulted in the imprisonment and/or deaths of Christians accused of speaking against Islam. House Resolution 512, presented by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was passed by a bipartisan vote of […]

WINNIPEG — A church in Canada that had been fined more than $32,000 for holding drive-in services, which have been banned in red COVID zones, has been denied relief from the public health orders that prohibited its activities. “These orders necessarily restrict rights … in order to prevent death, illness and the overwhelming of the […]