New York City\'s Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke out this week in defense of the city\'s police department and its arresting of 143 individuals protesting the death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray in Union Square.
As protests over the death of Freddie Gray continue in Baltimore, Maryland, the city\'s police commissioner said this week that protesters are feeling a \"sense of rage, and rightfully so.\"
A local Philadelphia business has created a custom snack as a nod to Tim Tebow\'s recent decision to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2015 NFL season.
Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, recently spoke out against students at a Maryland university who fought to have the film \"American Sniper \"canceled from an on-campus screening, arguing that it promoted stereotypes against Muslims.
Religious leaders are calling on protesters in Baltimore, Maryland to express their grievances peacefully as the city was forced to call in the National Guard to halt looting and fires in the town.
The death toll following this weekend\'s severe earthquake in Nepal has risen to beyond 4,000 as aid workers scramble to find survivors and provide assistance.
Following her bombshell announcement that she\'s pregnant, \"19 Kids and Counting\" star Jessa Duggar recently hinted that she and husband Ben Seewald may in fact be expecting twins.
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve Obama-nominated Loretta Lynch to the role of attorney general after a five month delay. Lynch will now replace Eric Holder\'s role in the justice department.
Televangelist Creflo Dollar recently defended his campaign to raise money to buy a $65 million airplane for his ministry, telling his congregation in a recent video that "If I want to believe God for a $65 million plane, you cannot stop me."
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide, criticizing the U.N. Human Rights Council for giving the issue little attention while condemning some of the world’s most repressive governments. “Christians are being persecuted all over the world; it's not even believable. I never thought I'd say it, but it's been happening for a long time.”
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.