(The Christian Institute) — A leading psychiatrist who warned about the use of experimental treatments at NHS England’s gender identity clinic for children is now facing disciplinary action. Dr. David Bell, a former staff governor at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust which oversees the clinic, reported clinicians’ concerns over patient welfare to […]
LANCASTER, Calif. (KABC) — A father has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two of his children, a 12-year-boy and 13-year-old girl, were found decapitated at a Lancaster home, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Firefighters arrived at the single-story house in the 45000 block of Century Circle shortly after 7:30 […]
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 […]
HOUSTON (Click2 Houston) – A Houston story made international headlines four years ago: an 18-year-old is accused of killing his 16-year-old friend during a satanic ritual. Edward O’Neal, the suspect in the case, admitted to KPRC 2 during a jailhouse interview in 2016 that he worshipped the devil. Fast forward to the present, O’Neal […]
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 […]
FORT MITCHELL, Ala. (CBS News) — A 5-year-old Alabama boy was hit and killed by traffic after he was forced to exit a car at a church parking lot near a busy highway as punishment for “acting up,” Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor told CBS News. Taylor said the child, Austin Birdseye, was in […]
The Secular Coalition for America, in conjunction with 19 member organizations, has released its “Secular Agenda for the 117th Congress and Biden Administration,” which includes the repeal of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the passage of the controversial Equality Act, and the restoration of Title X funds to Planned Parenthood. “The comprehensive plan includes strengthening […]
(The Christian Institute) — The French government has been ordered to review its limit on the number of people allowed in places of worship by the country’s highest court. Last month, the French government announced its autumn lockdown would be lifted in stages, with non-essential retail and places of worship allowed to reopen. However, the […]
(The Christian Institute) — A multimillion pound charitable trust is being sued by its former CEO and a church over alleged anti-religious bias, in separate legal actions supported by The Christian Institute. Kenneth Ferguson, an elder at Stirling Free Church, had been CEO of The Robertson Trust in Scotland since 2011 but was dismissed in […]
(The Christian Institute) — Doctors in the Netherlands will be allowed to sedate dementia patients before euthanizing them, if they fear they will resist. New guidelines say that in cases of severe dementia where the patient has lost the ability to communicate, doctors no longer have to obtain their consent if an “advance directive” stating […]