Hate crimes against Christians are soaring in Europe. A new report cited 2,444 incidents in 2023, including 232 personal attacks on Christians, ranging from harassment and threats to physical violence. These incidents ...
Read More »Ringing of bells signals milestone in restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral
The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris recently rang for the first time since a devastating fire in 2019. The bells rang for about five minutes, each joining in one by ...
Read More »French Bible Society to distribute 200,00 Bibles during Olympics
Athletes and spectators participating in the summer Olympics in Paris will receive a special edition of the New Testament, thanks to the French Bible Society. The organization plans to hand out 140,000 ...
Read More »News Briefs: Boneless wing ruling; French trains sabotaged; Secret Service
Today’s News Briefs include French trains attacked; Are boneless wings boneless?; and House vote to investigate Secret Service actions. French trains attacked ahead of Olympics France‘s train system was attacked overnight in ...
Read More »Chaplains of all faiths prepare for Summer Paris Olympics
More than 120 faith leaders are preparing to spiritually support 10,000 athletes at the Summer Olympics in Paris, which will begin late next month. “We’ll need to bring them back to earth, ...
Read More »News Briefs: D-Day; Charles on money; Spain’s diplomats revolt
Today’s news briefs include Biden in France for D-Day, Executive Order limiting immigration, King Charles on British banknotes. President in France for D-Day commemoration President Joe Biden landed in Paris Wednesday for ...
Read More »Daily Update on Israel – Hamas war
Here are today’s headlines concerning the war between Israel and the terror group Hamas. IDF kills 10 Gaza terrorists trying to swim to Israel At least ten Hamas terrorists were killed in waters ...
Read More »Star of upcoming “Les Misérables” says it’s a timeless story of redemption
From Jesus on the cross to Paul on the Damascus road, the Bible is filled with stories about the power of redemption. “Les Misérables,” one of the world’s most iconic musicals, tells ...
Read More »How Star Wars’ Jedi were inspired by the Knights Templar and the church
Star Wars is once again in the spotlight and pulling on nostalgic heartstrings in the new Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. The series follows members of ...
Read More »Frightened thieves return relic said to contain the blood of Christ
In what seemed like a scene straight out of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” thieves in France have returned a stolen relic that is said to contain the blood of Christ. The ...
Read More »“The Da Vinci Code” star Tom Hanks says it was “hooey”
Christian scholars criticized Dan Brown’s book “The Da Vinci Code” and the ones that followed as historically inaccurate. It turns out that Tom Hanks, who starred in the movies based on the ...
Read More »U.S. will support Japan as permanent member of UN Security Council
The Biden administration now says it will support Japan becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council. The belated move comes almost five years after former President Donald Trump called for ...
Read More »Lebanon faces grim future as Hezbollah holds the country hostage
As the masses across Lebanon deal with a collapsing economy and a paralyzed government, murmurings of dissatisfaction with Hezbollah, Iran’s terror proxy in Beirut, have begun to surface. But experts say it ...
Read More »Israel bans citizens from traveling to United States over Covid
The Israel cabinet on Monday approved a ban on travel to the United States because of concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant. All travel restrictions, including those entering Israel, ...
Read More »France sends troops to Caribbean to stop mandate protests
As unrest against vaccine mandates grows around the world, France is deploying its military to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe to stop the protests. The unusual deployment follows several weeks ...
Read More »Iraqi Christians celebrate return of church bell after ISIS silenced
A church bell has been inaugurated to the cheers of Iraqi Christians seven years after Islamic State terrorists (ISIS) overran the northern city of Mosul. Father Pios Affas of the Syriac Christian ...
Read More »Notre Dame restoration to begin as safety work finished
Restoration work on Notre Dame in Paris is ready to begin after the work to shore it up has been completed. The announcement comes two years after a fire gutted much of ...
Read More »French President Macron blasts Biden saying it’s a “moral responsibility”
As world leaders blast the Biden administration for creating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, French President Emmanuel Macron says there’s moral responsibility to get people out. In a tense phone call in ...
Read More »Lebanon on verge of total economic collapse
While Lebanon suffers from the worst economic crisis in its history, the Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah, which has such a heavy influence in the country, is doing everything it can to safeguard ...
Read More »France bans gender-neutral language in schools, blames American wokeness
France has banned the use of gender-neutral language in schools nationwide. The move comes as a backlash grows around the globe against efforts on the left to redefine biology and remove any ...
Read More »How people end up living at airports for months or … years
Are people really living in airports? In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Since October, he ...
Read More »Why Christianity put away its dancing shoes – only to discover them centuries later
In the PBS documentary series “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows how African Americans introduced new rhythms, music and dancing to ...
Read More »Merkel, world leaders defend President Trump over Big Tech bans
Leaders around the world are criticizing big tech companies for banning President Donald Trump from their social media platforms. The president has currently been banned from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, and Instagram while ...
Read More »Online Christian pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation
Around the world, Christians are learning to engage their faith in new ways. Catholics and protestants, navigating new restraints on religious gatherings are still finding opportunities to make a pilgrimage that reflects ...
Read More »Smartphones get an ‘F’ for lowering student grades
It’s never been easier for the average student to find the answer to a tough question using a smartphone. Across the nation, teachers regularly battle the distraction smartphones provide. From social media ...
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