CAROL STREAM, Ill. — The publishers of a bestselling book written by a then-ten-year-old boy who claimed he “came back from heaven” have pulled the book from publication after the boy announced this week that he lied about his story and called upon Christians to repent for buying into “heavenly tourism.” “I did not die. I did […]
DURHAM, N.C. — Officials at Duke University have made changes to their original announcement that the Muslim call to prayer would be broadcast over the chapel’s bell tower each week, and has instead moved the call outside following national outcry. The school had outlined in its student paper on Tuesday that the “moderately amplified” chant […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A proposed bill in Oklahoma aims to protect public schools in the state from legal action should they decide to offer Bible courses as electives for students. Senate Bill 48 was introduced by Sen. Kyle Loveless (R-Oklahoma City) in light of the opposition that a school district faced last year for […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Chick-fil-A owner in Alabama is making headlines after he was captured on camera helping a presumed homeless man by giving him a free meal, and then handing him his very own gloves. An unidentified man walked into the Birmingham-area Chick-fil-A last week and asked owner Mark Meadows if he could work […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The pontiff of the Roman Catholic religion visited a Buddhist temple in the capital of Sri Lanka on Wednesday at the invitation of the head of a prominent Buddhist organization in the country. Francis made a last minute stop to the Agrashravaka Temple at the bidding of head monk Banagala Upatissa, […]
DURHAM, N.C. — Concerns are being raised after Duke University’s student paper announced this week that the Muslim call to prayer will be broadcast from university’s bell tower each Friday. “Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant a weekly call-to-prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower beginning Friday, Jan. 16,” Duke Today outlined in a report […]
PIERRE, S.D. — A federal judge in South Dakota has struck down the state’s voter-approved marriage amendment which enshrines marriages as being solely between a man and a woman, opining that the law is unconstitutional because it excludes homosexuals from having the same opportunity. “Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to marry,” wrote Judge Karen Schreier, […]
ATLANTA — Thousands have signed petitions calling for the mayor of Atlanta to reinstate the city’s fire chief after he was terminated following a complaint over a Christian book that he published containing brief remarks decrying homosexual behavior and other forms of sexual perversion. To date, nearly 100,000 people have participated in efforts launched by […]
KING, N.C. — A number of residents from the city of King, North Carolina came together on Sunday to peacefully protest the removal of a veterans memorial in the city and to stand in solidarity in support of the display. As previously reported, in 2012, the group Americans United for Separation of Church and State […]
HARLOW, England — A man in the UK is sharing his story of spending 12 years trapped in his body after also being in a coma for two of those years. Martin Pistorius became ill when he was just 12 years old, and his condition continued to deteriorate until he was unable to move or communicate […]