More than 5,000 doctors and 100 healthcare providers are seeking a judicial review of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's requirement that doctors who oppose assisted suicide should refer patients to other doctors who are willing to perform the procedure.
The U.S. Department of Human and Health Services declared on Tuesday, June 21, that they are rejecting the "right of conscience" complaint filed by anti-abortion groups protesting the mandate that employers cover abortions in health insurance.
The management company of a building has asked a pastor and his church to move out of the building after the pastor released what he considered hateful remarks about the Orlando shooting tragedy.
Gospel singer Kirk Franklin sent an open invitation to Westboro Baptist Church to protest his concerts after he found out that the church's members are picketing the funerals of Orlando shooting victims.
A new bill in California, which is pending in the Assembly, violates religious freedom in faith-based colleges and universities in the state, according to school authorities.
North Korea said it will not continue negotations with the U.S. regarding two American prisoners until former detainee Kenneth Bae stops talking about his prison experience.
Using the term "genocide" to describe the attacks against Christians in the Middle East is "sociological reductionism," Pope Francis said during a question and answer session with students at the Villa Nazareth University College in Rome on Saturday, June 18.
The United Methodist Church (UMC) will convene its 2028 General Conference at two locations simultaneously for the first time in the denomination’s history, bringing together delegates in the United States and Africa for its highest legislative assembly. The UMC Commission on the General Conference announced Tuesday that Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harare, Zimbabwe, will jointly host the gathering.
Christian persecution has worsened in more than half of 18 countries surveyed by a Catholic watchdog, raising concerns about the future of Christian communities in the Middle East. The Middle East has emerged as an area of particular concern, where prolonged instability threatens Christianity’s presence in its historic birthplace.
Multisite churches are expanding rapidly across the United States, attracting nearly one in 10 Protestant churchgoers, but their growth is increasingly outpacing the development of qualified leaders, according to a new national study. The report identified more than 1,800 multisite churches operating over 6,000 campuses nationwide, highlighting the growing influence of congregations that maintain multiple worship locations under a unified organizational structure.
New York Times bestselling author and BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey has drawn mixed reactions from Christians after questioning whether believers should embrace Halloween festivities and consume horror-themed entertainment. During the Oct. 19 episode of her “Relatable” podcast, Stuckey addressed the different ways Christians approach Halloween, acknowledging that the subject involves personal convictions and differing interpretations of Christian freedom.
A federal appeals court has handed a legal victory to churches, synagogues and other religious organizations challenging the Trump administration’s decision to permit immigration enforcement operations at places of worship. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision rejecting the religious groups’ request for a preliminary injunction.