(Christian Headlines) — A Texas judge’s practice of opening his court sessions in chaplain-led prayer violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on government establishment of religion, a federal district court ruled Friday. Judge Wayne Mack, a justice of the peace in Montgomery County, Texas, created a chaplaincy program in 2014 allowing volunteer chaplains to “assist the […]
(Newsweek) — A settlement reached by a California church and Gov. Gavin Newsom this week allows an injunction against COVID-19 restrictions on churches. On Monday, a California District Court entered an order approving Liberty Counsel’s settlement of the lawsuit on behalf of Pasadena’s Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry against the California governor. Under […]
(The Times of Israel) — Cities and communities in southern Israel faced an intense barrage of rockets overnight Friday-Saturday, with several heavy waves of projectile fire targeting Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheba, Sderot and the surrounding areas. The bombardment came as the Israeli military continued to strike numerous targets in the Gaza Strip since midnight, taking out […]
(NBC News) — German police have arrested four members of a gang suspected to be behind one of the world’s biggest child abuse image websites with more than 400,000 members worldwide, police and prosecutors said Monday. A police operation involving regional and federal German officers raided seven addresses across Germany and arrested three men accused […]
Bruce Jenner, the former Olympian, who is now running for governor of California, told TMZ over the weekend that it is “unfair” for biological males to complete in female sports, and that women’s sports must be “protected”. “There’s legislation in various states to ban biological boys or trans from playing girls’ sports in school. What’s […]
(Christian Concern) — John Sherwood, a UK pastor, was arrested in North West London this past Friday, April 23, and detained overnight – all for speaking about what the Bible says about marriage. John, in his early 70s, is minister of a north London church, and was preaching with a colleague in the centre of […]
Bruce Jenner, the former Olympian, has announced his run for governor of California against incumbent Gavin Newsom in the likely California recall election. Jenner, 71, who legally changed his name to “Caitlyn” in 2015 and believes he is a woman trapped in a man’s body, is a longtime Republican and “transgender” advocate. “California has been […]
(Christian Headlines) — Saying he wants to protect the “right to freely exercise their religion,” Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law Thursday that prohibits the government from “burdening” an individual’s religious liberty and gives citizens the right to sue if they believe their rights have been infringed. The new law, known as […]
(France24) — France’s highest court on Wednesday ruled that the suspected murderer of Jewish woman Sarah Halimi was not criminally responsible and could not go on trial, provoking anger from anti-racism groups who say the verdict puts Jews at risk. Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her sixties, died in 2017 after being pushed out of the […]
(The Daily Wire) — On Friday, the Biden administration announced the removal of a previous barrier that restricted certain kinds of research conducted on fetal tissue from elective abortions. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a statement on Friday saying that it was undoing some of the previous administration’s policies regarding research conducted on fetal tissue […]