MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Minnesota man who threw a five-year-old boy over a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America earlier this year has been sentenced to prison. The child’s parents wrote in victim impact statements that while the man “chose to listen to the devil that day” and “intended evil,” their son “is a […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — During a recent pro-life rally at the Alabama capitol building, Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation talked about the value of every life as he shared his story of being conceived in rape, but being adopted into a large, loving family and now being an adoptive father himself. “The circumstances of our […]
VIENNA, Va. — David Platt, the Virginia pastor who prayed over President Trump during Sunday’s church service as he personally visited in light of Friday’s workplace massacre in Virginia Beach, has issued a statement to explain his decision to pray for Trump on stage after some church members were reportedly “hurt” over the matter. “[S]ome […]
OSHKOSH, Wisc. — A Lutheran minister called out what he called the “hypocrisy” of Republican lawmakers in their opposition to abortion during the recent Wisconsin Republican State Convention. James Reiff, who leads St. John’s Lutheran Church of Nekimi, had been invited to deliver the invocation for the convention, which was held on May 18 in […]
VIENNA, Va. — David Platt, the former president of the Southern Baptist International Missions Board (IMB) and current pastor of McLean Bible Church in Virginia, prayed over President Trump on Sunday after he made an unannounced visit to the church to meet with Platt and pray for the victims of Friday’s mass shooting in Virginia […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A pastor in Illinois who opened the state House of Representatives in prayer on Friday asked Heaven’s court to judge the state for sanctioning the “destruction of the unborn” through the passage of the so-called Reproductive Health Act. Corey Musgrave, who leads New Beginnings Church in Fairfield, began by thanking God for […]
ST. LOUIS (New York Times) — A judge in Missouri gave the state’s last abortion clinic more time to resolve a dispute with the state health department, defusing a standoff that had threatened to shut down all abortion services in the state at midnight on Friday. Gov. Mike Parson has said that the clinic, Reproductive […]
SALEM, Mass. — The Satanic Temple, an organization that identifies as non-theistic and says that it views Satan as a metaphor, has released a statement remarking that Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding an Indiana law that requires the burial or cremation of aborted babies violates its religious beliefs and its members “may refuse to adhere.” […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump posted two tweets on Friday in recognition of homosexual and transgender “Pride Month,” asking Americans to “stand in solidarity” with homosexuals who live in countries where such sexual practices are illegal, as well as for nations to join his administration’s campaign to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide. “As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The last licensed abortion facility in Missouri, run by Planned Parenthood, is asking a judge to issue an injunction as it is about to lose its license — whether temporarily or permanently — in the midst of an ongoing investigation by the state Department of Health. Gov. Mike Parson has asked […]