Step up to any United States Post Office counter or log onto its official government-sponsored website, and anyone in the market for “Christmas”-themed postage stamps has three options: “A visit from St. ...
Read More »Survey: More people support religious freedom after divisive year
Religious organizations are finding it more difficult to serve their communities because of new policies initiated by the federal government. It comes as a new survey finds that Americans’ support for religious ...
Read More »How X-Men addressed the faith of one of its most popular characters
Included in Disney+’s extensive movie and TV library are classics such as the 1990s animated Marvel series, X-MEN. While modern depictions of the team of mutant superheroes have become increasingly violent, such ...
Read More »Policy protecting religious liberty of federal contractors to be rescinded by Biden administration
The Biden administration plans to end a Trump administration policy that protected the religious liberty of federal contractors and put them on an equal footing with other contractors. At issue is a ...
Read More »Navy SEALs sue President Biden after religious exemption denied
The Biden administration is being sued for denying religious vaccine exemptions to Navy SEALs. The vaccine mandate deadline is approaching for all service members and thousands are speaking out about their denial ...
Read More »Atheist scientists defend religion against vicious attacks from peers
Distrust of atheists is strong in the United States. The General Social Survey consistently demonstrates that as a group, Americans dislike atheists more than any other religious group. According to various studies, nearly half ...
Read More »Apple caves to Chinese Communists, bans Bible apps
Apple is giving in to pressure from the Chinese government and removing Bible apps from its app store in the communist nation. Chinese officials claim the apps violate laws that prohibit the ...
Read More »Study: Attendance hemorrhaging at small & midsize US congregations
A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational life across the country is shrinking. The most recent round of the ...
Read More »Major religious groups and their stand on vaccinations
As the debate over COVID19 vaccinations continues, some people cite religious beliefs as a reason not to take the shot. Most religions have no prohibition against vaccinations, although some have considerations, concerns ...
Read More »Award-winning film ‘Nine Days’ celebrates beauty of life
Filmmaker Edson Oda has made a new movie about the gift of life. “Nine Days” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year and is captivating audiences in its current theatrical release. ...
Read More »Religious freedom winning big in the U.S. Supreme Court
Despite what sometimes seems like continuous negative news, religious liberty actually is winning in the U.S. Supreme Court. A study published in “The Supreme Court Review” says that the Supreme Court under ...
Read More »Poll finds partisan divide in opinions about Biden’s faith
Americans have widely varying perceptions about President Biden’s faith, a survey from the Pew Research Center found. Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed correctly identified Biden’s faith as Roman Catholic. An additional 31 ...
Read More »Canadian pastor will remain imprisoned for holding church service
Christians around the world are speaking out on behalf of a Canadian pastor imprisoned since Feb. 16 for holding in-person worship services. Pastor James Coates with GraceLife Church of Edmonton was arrested ...
Read More »Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins American Center for Law and Justice
Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state, has joined the American Center for Law and Justice as senior counsel for global affairs. “Secretary Pompeo is joining the ACLJ as of today and will ...
Read More »Biden voters much less likely to have biblical worldview, survey finds
President Biden’s base of supporters is 60 percent less likely to hold a biblical worldview than other Americans. Although nearly two-thirds of those voters consider themselves to be Christian, many of their ...
Read More »Biden Administration’s crackdown on religious liberty raises alarm
Christian leaders are bracing for religious liberty to be curtailed under President Joe Biden. “Early indications are troubling,” Professor Edward A. Morse, a member of the board of directors of the Thomas ...
Read More »Federal court strikes down transgender mandate for health-care professionals
A so-called “transgender mandate” that required medical professionals and religious health-care workers to perform gender transition procedures on patients has been struck down by a federal court in North Dakota. According to ...
Read More »Religious background of the new Congress
Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver made headlines on the opening day of Congress when he added “a-women” to the close of his prayer. His remarks, which drew scorn from all sections of the ...
Read More »Can employers require workers take a Covid vaccine?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency in charge of enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, on Dec. 16 said that employers can require employees to get vaccinated before entering ...
Read More »Government restrictions on religious freedom reach highest level since 2007, study finds
Government restrictions on religious freedom in 2018 were at the highest level they have been since 2007, according to a study by Pew Research. “We look at this religious freedom foundational right ...
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Colorado restrictions on religious gatherings
The U.S. Supreme Court continues to side with churches that are challenging overreaching state restrictions. On Tuesday, the court ruled in favor of a Colorado church that sued Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. ...
Read More »Going to church is good for mental health, especially in 2020
People who attend church were the only group of Americans who didn’t see the state of their mental health decline this year, according to a Gallup Poll. The share of Americans who ...
Read More »US and Poland spearhead global meeting on religious freedom
The Trump administration has organized a virtual conference on world religious freedom which took place on Monday. Ministers of foreign affairs from various countries convened for the event hosted by Poland and ...
Read More »Christian activists plan protest over NBA policies on China religious & political persecution
The Christian Defense Coalition plans to protest the relationship between the NBA and China on Friday afternoon at the security checkpoint to Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, where the ...
Read More »Disney’s Mulan credits reveal connection to Chinese concentration camps
Disney is being criticized by politicians, moviegoers, religious rights activists and victims of Chinese torture after perceptive viewers noticed something disturbing in a film’s credits. The film Mulan includes a credit to ...
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