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An antisemitic riot broke out Tuesday evening at a meeting of the city council of Berkeley, California, that was to have discussed plans for observing Holocaust Remembrance Day in April.

The establishment media and members of the far-left are attacking Donald Trump for promoting the “God Bless the USA Bible.”

The communist regime in Nicaragua announced the conviction of 11 pastors associated with the Evangelical Mountain Gateway ministry and humanitarian organization, this week on dubious and unspecified charges of “money laundering,” sentencing the accused to between 12 and 15 years in prison.

The Catholic bishops of Europe along with other Christian leaders have criticized the omission of references to the continent’s Christian roots and core values as EU elections approach.

Fairfax County, Virginia, has named March 31, 2024, as “Transgender Visibility Day.” That also is Easter Sunday and many Christians see it as a hijack of their most sacred holiday.

Donald Trump received criticism for sharing scripture from a supporter who drew a parallel between his legal battles and Jesus’s persecution.

Boston, Massachusetts, Christian leaders are calling on “white churches” to dole out millions of dollars in reparations to black people to rectify their history with slavery.

The leader of the Canadian town of Hampstead has told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be gone because he is no help in stemming the country’s rising tide of antisemitism.

Wrestlers displaying headbands with the simple message “100% Jesus” were a feature at the NCAA Championships over the weekend.

A pastor, recently released after spending seven years in prison, is stranded in China without legal documentation to help him get basic services.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a greeting on the Jewish holiday of Purim on Sunday, saying that the holiday’s message of triumph over genocidal enemies held an enduring relevance for Israel’s military battles today.

A poll released Thursday shows that 54% of American Jews have a favorable view of the Israeli government — a direct contradiction of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) claim to the contrary last week.

A Ramadan-inspired Islamic message from Mohammed has been taken down from a display at London King’s Cross railway station after backlash from the public.

Muslims make up nearly a fifth of all prisoners in England and Wales, with 15,594 inmates, government data has revealed. 

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered a strong pro-life statement in an interview with EWTN.

The Vatican’s decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples was seen as the imposition of Western practices on Africa, a form of “cultural colonization,” a leading African Cardinal has stated.

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced Tuesday that it had launched an inquiry into the University of California Berkeley for antisemitism, adding it to the list of universities being probed.

The Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations, the umbrella body representing the institutional U.S. Jewish community, rebuked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after a conference call on Tuesday.

Church members in Winchester, Indiana, are praising God for preserving their lives during a tornado on Thursday.

A record high number of Americans say that the role of religion in public life is shrinking and most believe this to be bad for the country, the Pew Research Center reports.

U.S. President Joe Biden has made unrestricted abortion his number one issue as the November election approaches, observes William McGurn in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday.

Over 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals, including Steven Spielberg’s sister and other producers, have signed an open letter denouncing The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer for his Oscar speech in which he refuted his “Jewishness” to criticize Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

Harrison Butker decried the recent funeral for an atheist transgender activist that unfolded at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. 

A social media star and OnlyFans model has announced the end of her career in creating pornographic content after finding Jesus and has since begun promoting Christianity to her followers.

Public perception of “Christian nationalism” has remained stable even as the media paints it as a boogeyman.

While many companies do not acknowledge Easter, a couple of Tennessee McDonald’s franchise owners are celebrating with their customers.

The share of U.S. adults who say they feel a conflict between their religious beliefs and American culture is up from 42 percent in 2020.

A strong majority of U.S. adults believe religion is losing its influence in public life, a new Pew Research Center survey found.

Hollywood film star Ryan Phillippe said this week that playing a Christian missionary in his latest movie Prey reignited his quest for God.

Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would block the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing a rule that could keep parents who oppose gender ideology from being able to foster children.

Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman DaVon Hamilton publicly displayed his love for God recently, inspiring many.

Ramadan brings with it “extreme suffering” for the majority-Muslim population of occupied East Turkistan under China, Uyghurs told RFA.

Violent gangs in Haiti have kidnapped “a lot” of Catholic priests and churchgoers in the past week, Chrisitan outlets reported on Monday.

The Vatican’s flip-flop on blessings for gay couples has set ecumenical dialogue with Coptic Christians back 20 years, Zenit News Service reported this week.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has slammed Hollywood director/actor Rob Reiner for his bigoted attack on U.S. Christians.