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The Catholic Bishops of Minnesota have written an open letter announcing the resumption of public Masses as of May 26, in defiance of lockdown restrictions set by the state’s Democrat governor Tim Walz.

The French Council of State has ordered that a ban on public worship be lifted, ruling that it constitutes a “serious and manifestly unlawful attack” on freedom of worship.

“Christian voters are starting to feel that the angels really are on the side of the Donald,” writes Freddy Gray for the Catholic Herald.

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) warned California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday that his reopening plan discriminates against religion and must be modified to allow for religious services to reopen.

Former Vice President Joe Biden renewed his accusation that President Donald Trump is ignoring antisemitism — even though the president condemned it at length, once again, just a few weeks ago.

Maine legislators wrote to Attorney General Barr requesting an investigation into Gov. Janet Mills and her restrictions during the pandemic.

Muslims in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to perform their Eid al-Fitr prayers at home this year as a result of the closure of mosques in response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, local news service Al Arabiya reported Monday.

Lauren Witzke, a GOP Senate candidate in Delaware, joined a church service on Sunday in defiance of Gov. John Carney’s lockdown order.

World-renowned apologist Ravi Zacharias has died on Tuesday at the age of 74-years-old after revealing that he had been diagnosed with cancer. 

Nancy Pelosi is seeking to “cripple Catholic schools” by cutting off needed funding while subsidizing “illegal aliens and sanctuary cities,” said Catholic League president Bill Donohue Monday.

Pope Francis heaped high praise on his predecessor Saint John Paul II in a videomessage to Krakow youth Saturday, calling the Polish pope “an extraordinary gift of God to the Church.”

Pope Francis commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the future Pope John Paul II on Monday, holding him up as an example of a “good shepherd.”

A bid to build a 1,000 capacity “mega-mosque” in one of London’s most iconic buildings has been met with a rash of last-minute objections from locals, with concerns citing its close proximity to the city’s world-famous historic gay quarter.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker released “mandatory safety standards” for “reopening” churches, limiting occupancy to 40 percent capacity.

The Vatican is pulling out all the stops to woo Beijing into full diplomatic relations, according to veteran Vatican journalist John L. Allen, Jr.

As many as 100 Chicago area churches plan to hold in-person Sunday services in defiance of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D) stay-at-home orders.

Pop superstar Justin Bieber expressed regret, saying that if he could go back in time he would have waited until marriage before having sex

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Churches throughout Greece have opened their doors to the faithful after two months.

ROME — The Vatican has announced a special “anniversary year” to commemorate Pope Francis’s “prophetic” 2015 encyclical letter on the environment, Laudato Sì.

The Catholic bishop of Providence, RI, Thomas J. Tobin, has challenged the authority of the state to shut down the religious worship of its citizens.

Pop singer and actress Jennifer Lopez announced to her 120 million followers on Instagram that her daughter, 11-year-old Emme, is publishing a book of prayers.

A 108-year-old woman in Allendale, New Jersey, might be the oldest United States citizen to beat the coronavirus.

A little girl in Jacksonville, Florida, got a huge surprise recently after spending almost her entire life in the foster care system.

Christian groups in Pakistan accused the country’s Muslim leadership of denying religious minorities pivotal economic aid to survive the ongoing lockdown to contain the Chinese coronavirus, the Christian website Aleteia reported on Thursday.

Christian Concern, the charity behind the Christian Legal Centre, says there are “serious questions” to be asked about abortion provider Marie Stopes International receiving millions of pounds from “porn baron” Phil Harvey.

Lauren Witzke, a Republican candidate for Senate in the Delaware, is hosting a church service on Sunday in defiance of the state’s lockdown.

Vandals have cut down the iconic iron cross surmounting the summit of Pic Saint-Loup in southern France, hewing through the vertical beam one meter above the base.

Churches are filing lawsuits against Democrat governors who do not include them among the “essential” services that may immediately “reopen.”

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been shutting down Christian orphanages in China, using recent regulations on religion in the country to justify a crackdown on charitable religious organizations, Bitter Winter, a human rights magazine, reported on Monday.

The 2020 presidential election is not so much a clash of personalities as a “clash of worldviews,” writes Father Frank Pavone, and at the core of the battle is people’s views on the right to life of the unborn.

Frequent attendance at religious services dramatically reduces deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drugs, according to study by researchers from Harvard University.

TEL AVIV – A rare bronze coin dating back to the Bar Kochba revolt (circa 132 CE) was revealed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Monday, just ahead of the Lag B’Omer holiday, which commemorates the life of anti-Roman second-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

Neighbors in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, made sure a little boy felt especially loved on his birthday this year.

Simply by taking a stand, Eric Dreiband said, the DOJ had encouraged several local governments to back down from extreme coronavirus measures that discriminated against religious institutions.

Two federal courts blocked Democrat Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s ban on “any in-person religious service” during the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

A group of armed men raided a Christian church in Punjab, Pakistan, on Saturday, desecrating a cross and demolishing a gate and a boundary wall, L’Observatoire de la Christianophobie reported Monday.