An Idaho Senate panel has approved a legislation that would require doctors to inform women seeking abortions that chemically induced abortions can be reversed.
A group of clergy is appealing a court decision that struck down a law that exempted pastors from paying taxes on their housing allowances.
More than 100 attendees of Ohio high school basketball game wore shirts that read 'Prayer Matters' on Friday in response to the school district's decision to ban a decades-long tradition of praying before athletic events following a complaint from an atheist group.
A pro-life leader with a background in biomedical science has responded Bill Nye's video in which he asserted that "fertilized eggs are not humans."
The West Virginia Senate has passed a resolution that seeks to amend the state Constitution to declare that abortion is not recognized as a right in the state.
An all-girl Catholic school in Connecticut has warned a student that she may not be able to return to the school next year if she does not remove a Planned Parenthood sticker from her laptop.
The new budget bill that was signed by President Donald Trump on Friday included a provision that would ensure that churches and other houses of worship will be able to access disaster relief funds.
Atheists have decried President Donald Trump's speech at the 66th annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday for only mentioning Christianity while leaving out other faiths.
The Missouri House of Representatives has given its preliminary approval to a bill that would require minors who are seeking an abortion to inform their parents or legal guardian before undergoing the procedure.
Prominent evangelical leaders have joined up with senators to call on Congress and President Donald Trump to pass a new measure that would protect children of undocumented immigrants.
Hundreds of Jewish, Muslim and Christian faith leaders had gathered in Washington on Wednesday to sign a declaration calling for unity and religious tolerance.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.
A 20-year-old Egyptian Christian was reportedly killed by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Libya after resisting repeated demands to abandon his Christian faith and embrace Islam while in captivity. Milad Malak, a Coptic Christian, was the only Christian among a group of Egyptian workers abducted by ISIS fighters, according to Open Doors, which cited accounts from two Muslim companions who were later released.
Three students were killed and six others injured when Myanmar's military launched an airstrike and drone assault on a Christian Bible school in Karen State. The attack occurred Tuesday in Day Bu Noh village in Hpapun District, an area largely populated by Christian Karen communities. Military aircraft reportedly dropped bombs before armed drones struck the village, with one exploding directly above the Bible school.