ROME — In an effort to modernize one of the oldest practices of the Roman Catholic religion, the Vatican is offering indulgences–a reduction of time spent in purgatory–to those who will follow Pope Francis next Monday on Twitter and other social media during World Youth Day. Indulgences were one of the key contentions that sparked the […]
SPRINGBORO – Following complaints from a national atheist organization and various community members, a school district in southwestern Ohio announced it will be pulling two controversial community education courses that outline America’s Christian heritage. From July 9th through September 24th, faculty at Springboro Community Schools had planned to facilitate two courses on the U.S. Constitution. One […]
BOULDER — An undercover video filmed at a university campus in Colorado recently exposed the belief system of the ‘bro-choice’ movement, a term for men who support abortion so that they can have sex without being responsible for fathering a child. The official bro-choice movement was reportedly founded by Choice USA, which is a project […]
FRANKFORT — A nationally-recognized Christian legal organization has sent a letter to school districts throughout the state of Kentucky in an effort to combat an attempt by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to end the distribution of Gideons Bibles in public schools. William Sharp of the ACLU had sent a three-page letter to 174 […]
PASADENA – Thirty years after an influential Christian seminary in California specifically labeled homosexuality a ‘concern,’ the school has officially accepted its first on-campus homosexual student group. Since its founding in 1947, Fuller Theological Seminary (FTS) has grown into a leading Christian school, with the Los Angeles Times recently describing it as “arguably the most […]
Pastors across the country passionately expressed their opinion over the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin on Sunday, with some taking to the pulpit in outrage and others calling for national and personal repentance. Zimmerman was found not guilty on Saturday of second-degree murder in a case that has gripped […]
FAIRFAX — An abortion facility in Virginia that performed over 3,000 abortions a year has closed its doors after being unable to comply with new regulations in the Commonwealth. NOVA Women’s Healthcare of Fairfax County, which opened in 2006, has decided to call it quits as it reportedly cannot comport with mandates that it meet […]
AUSTIN — Texas Governor Rick Perry is expected to sign a controversial abortion bill into law this week following its passage in the Senate late Friday night. As previously reported, the battle over late-term abortion and other similar restrictions has been raging in Texas in recent weeks as pro-life and pro-abortion residents have clashed over […]
SAN FRANCISCO — A nationally-recognized Christian legal organization has filed a petition with the California Supreme Court asking that it order county clerks throughout the state to uphold Proposition 8 and not issue “marriage” licenses to homosexuals. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has been one of the main legal entities defending Proposition 8 in the courts, […]
BATON ROUGE – Thanks to legal support from a religious rights advocacy group, a Sunday school ministry in Louisiana can once again hold events in a public park after being forced by officials in 2010 to stop the public meetings. In 2005, after receiving permission from Baton Rouge’s Recreation and Park Commission, Voices of Mercy […]