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A woman in Nebraska is being praised for making sure more than 70 foster children felt the love only a family can give.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s plan to reopen his state calls for bans of gatherings of more than 50 people, including worship services, until a vaccine or treatment for the coronavirus is “widely available.”

A significant group of cardinals, bishops, and Catholic leaders have signed a declaration denouncing unjustified government coercion of citizens over coronavirus.

Italy’s Catholic bishops’ conference (CEI) announced this week that an accord has been reached with the government for the re-initiation of public worship, with a series of restrictions.

A powerful new book by two former Democrats urges Catholics of all parties to vote for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, insisting that he is the “only choice” for president.

ChinaAid, a religious freedom watchdog group, published a smartphone video on Sunday that showed Chinese officials conducting a violent raid on a church in Fujian province.

A coalition of more than 260 Massachusetts clergy sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker, urging him to recognize churches as “essential” and to include them in the first “reopening” phase in the state.

Attorney General William Barr has made it clear by his words and actions that civil liberties are “not suspended in times of crisis.” And for the sake of religious people everywhere, I pray that it continues.

Pastor Tim Thompson returned to Sacramento to conduct a National Day of Prayer service days after being arrested at an end the lockdown rally.

The president and the first lady will attend the event in the Rose Garden which is scheduled to begin at 3:50 p.m.

Rev. Franklin Graham said on Thursday’s National Day of Prayer that, in a time growing anger and frustration in the nation, “we need wisdom and help from God” and must ask Him to grant “wisdom, peace, strength, humility, and fortitude” to President Trump.

Leftwing and atheist groups targeted Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson over including Bible studies in his schedule.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praised Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, adding “God truly blessed America” with her service. 

The Supreme Court appeared divided along the usual conservative-liberal ideological lines during oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has decried a coordinated left-wing attack on the project of the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights in an attempt to downgrade religious freedom and elevate LGBT and “reproductive” rights.

Even ruby-red conservative Alabama is not immune to restrictions on rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, which according to Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), are under assault by elected officials around the country in the name of preventing the spread of coronavirus.

Over the last several days, sheriffs in at least three Alabama counties have expressed their intention to defy the State of Alabama’s “Safer at Home” coronavirus edict, which, if interpreted literally, would restrict church gatherings.

The Little Sisters of the Poor will return to the Supreme Court Wednesday to ask that Pennsylvania be blocked from removing their religious exemption from Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate.

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday of “betray[ing] Christianity” and bringing “shame to the evangelical Christians” of America for saying that “enormous evidence” exists linking the current pandemic to a biological laboratory in Wuhan, where it originated.

Two Wisconsin residents sued state and local officials Monday over a stay-at-home order that bans religious gatherings of more than nine people, and all public protests, while allowing larger gatherings in stores and other settings.

The Chinese communist party has ordered the Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) to cease all online worship services, in its latest crackdown on Christianity in the country.

The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) has called for the appointment of U.S. Special Envoy to Nigeria, asserting that the country is failing to provide freedom of religion and basic protections for its citizens.

Leaders of the U.S. Bishops’ conference (USCCB) have issued a statement denouncing the coronavirus’ “disproportionate” effects on African Americans and the “systemic structural conditions” underlying it.

Nigel Farage blamed the inaction of the Home Office for the growing “scandal” of illegal boat migrants landing on British shores during the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

The DOJ is supporting a church’s lawsuit against Virginia for coronavirus lockdown orders that allegedly threaten its constitutional rights.

The Vatican’s secret deal with the Chinese government signed on September 22, 2018, has done nothing to improve the religious freedom climate of Chinese Catholics.

Australia’s High Court unanimously dismissed all charges of “historic sexual abuse” against Cardinal George Pell and yet the New York Times has continued to cling doggedly to its narrative of Pell’s guilt.

Pope Francis urged Christians Sunday to discern carefully between God’s voice and the devil’s voice in their lives, insisting that Satan “seduces” while God “consoles.”

Muslim Fulani raiders in northwest Nigeria slaughtered 12 Christians and kidnapped a couple from their church wedding ceremony in recent days, Christian Today reports.

The Vatican-sponsored Higher Committee of Human Fraternity has called for a common day of prayer and fasting, asserting that the world is “facing a great danger that threatens the lives of millions of people around the world due to the growing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.”

A Kentucky toddler reciting the contents of Psalm 23 has gone viral, according to a Facebook video of the encounter.

Catholic League President Bill Donohue has denounced an attack that Democrats, following a George Soros-funded activist’s lead, have waged against Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Rev. Franklin Graham warned left-wing media are portraying coronavirus “worse-case scenarios,”, creating fear and anxiety that are used by liberal governors to keep businesses closed.

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has stood by his recent dealings with President Trump in the face of criticism from Catholic Democrats, insisting Catholics believe in dialogue and engagement.

Pakistan’s Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs has called for the beheading of people who commit blasphemy.

The Vatican’s office for interreligious dialogue released a message to the world Muslim community Friday, extending fervent best wishes for a “fruitful month of Ramadan.”