A bill banning abortions on unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome had been signed into law by Gov. John Kasich on Friday, making Ohio the third state to enact a similar legislation.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), the largest association of atheists and agnostics in the U.S., has released a full-page advertisement in the New York Times decrying President Donald Trump's executive order on religious liberty.
A Salvation Army bell ringer was assaulted by an unidentified man on Wednesday while he was collecting donations outside a Walmart store in Roseville, California.
A total of 128 members of the U.N. General Assembly voted on Thursday for a resolution denouncing President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The University of Minnesota has denied distributing a memo that proposed a ban on Christmas displays, including nativity scenes, angels and even Santa Claus.
Major League Baseball pitcher Cole Hamels has announced that he is donating his $9 million mansion in Missouri to a Christian charity that cares for children with special needs and chronic illnesses.
A federal judge has ruled that the city of Atlanta had violated the First Amendment when it terminated a fire chief for publishing a devotional book that promoted traditional marriage.
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block an emergency order to allow an illegal immigrant in federal custody to obtain an abortion.
A Christian geologist has argued that the recent discovery of fossilized tree stumps in Antarctica confirms the Bible's account of a global Flood.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill that would have banned dismemberment abortions, also known as dilation and evacuation (D&E), which is typically used during the second trimester of pregnancy.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of two illegal immigrant teenagers who are seeking to obtain an abortion in the U.S. while in federal custody.
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.