LONDON — The Anglican Communion voted on Thursday to place a temporary suspension on the fellowship of the U.S. Episcopal “church” within its global body over the apostate denomination’s support for same-sex “marriage.” For the next three years, Episcopalians will be banned from making policy decisions in the 85-million member Anglican Communion as a task force […]
KARAJ, Iran — An American pastor who has been imprisoned in Iran for over three years as part of an eight-year prison sentence has been set free in a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Iran. “It is confirmed: Saeed is released!” Saeed Abedini’s wife Naghmeh posted on social media this morning. As previously reported, […]
MAINZ, Germany (NBC News) — The first 4,000 copies of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” have sold out less a week after a new annotated version of the Nazi leader’s manifesto hit German bookstores. Publishers also received 15,000 pre-orders before sales even started on January 8, said Simone Paulmichl of Munich-based Institute of Contemporary History (IFZ), […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The president of Liberty University, which is stated to be the world’s largest Christian educational institution, is defending the school’s decision to invite Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to speak during its Martin Luther King Day convocation. “We chose that day so that Mr. Trump would have the opportunity to recognize and honor […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York appeals court has unanimously upheld a $13,000 fine against a couple who declined to host a same-sex “wedding” at their farm because of their religious convictions not to facilitate the sins of others. As previously reported, Robert and Cynthia Gifford, who are Roman Catholics, own Liberty Ridge Farms in […]
WASHINGTON — The abortion giant Planned Parenthood has sued the group who recorded and released a series of undercover videos regarding the organization’s alleged harvesting and sale of the bodily organs of aborted babies. As previously reported, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released nearly a dozen videos last year in its “Human Capital” series, […]
BLUEFIELD, W.V. — A West Virginia man who identifies as a woman and was welcomed by several Episcopal priests to serve as a youth minister in their assemblies has now been charged with the years-long sexual abuse of a young girl. James “Jimmy” Lilly, 24, was taken into custody on Tuesday and is facing dozens […]
PYONGYANG — An American being held in North Korea on espionage charges is a Christian missionary who was working in the nation to help the poor, reports state. The man, who served as a pastor in Fairfax, Virginia before moving to Yanji, China, was identified as Kim Dong-chul, 60. “He told the churches that he was […]
JAKARTA (Reuters) — Indonesia blamed Islamic State for an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday that brought the radical group’s violence to the world’s most populous Muslim country for the first time. Just seven people were killed despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were […]
TOPEKA, Kansas — During his State of the State address on Tuesday, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced that he has ordered the state Department of Health and Environment to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, making Kansas the eighth state to do so. “In 2011, I signed legislation stopping most taxpayer funding from going to Planned […]