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The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), now under the control of Islamist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, has published weeks of content showing throngs of jubilant Christians in the country enjoying Christmas tree lightings, holiday markets, and other celebrations – a nod to the White House that Sharaa will respect religious tolerance.

A church in Manvel, Texas put on a Christmas display with 1,000 drones showing the Christmas story and the life of Jesus Christ. 

Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with metastasized stage-four pancreatic cancer.

Pope Leo XIV issued messages on Monday to the clergy in anticipation of the Christmas holiday, emphasizing the importance of friendship and community to sustain the work of the Church.

Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, organized a Christmas celebration on Sunday featuring a child nativity play during a visit by Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa to the war-torn territory.

A small town committee in South Carolina kept a Nativity display in a market parking lot in defiance of the mayor’s order.

The final day of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 is held in Phoenix, AZ, on Sunday, December 21.

Turning Point USA’s 2025 AmericaFest continues in Phoenix, AZ, on Saturday, December 20.

A mystery donor spread substantial holiday cheer in Wilmington, Delaware this week by paying off about $8,000 in layaway balances at a Burlington department store — the payment covering kids’ toys as well as employee purchases.

A survey from the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop) has found that at least one in three Muslims living in France believe that the Sharia law should be instituted globally.

The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing to ban public displays of Islamic State group flags or extremist symbols after a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal the unofficial start of his pontificate.

Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) AmericaFest 2026 continues in Phoenix, AZ, on Friday, December 19.

Catherine Almonte Da Costa, a senior appointee to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s incoming administration, resigned Thursday after resurfaced social media posts showed her mocking Jews and attacking law enforcement.

Country megastar Jelly Roll has long sought forgiveness for his criminal past and the state of Tennessee happily obliged Thursday with a full pardon.

Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 begins in Phoenix, AZ, on Thursday, December 18.

Nicaragua’s communist regime is banning travelers from bringing Bibles into the country, the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa reported.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) urged Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday to use the federal government to protect worshippers in the face of expected increased jihadist attacks during the Christmas season.

The Vatican reached out to an international pro-life organization to set up a Nativity scene representing babies saved from abortions by pro-life activism this year.

Conservative commentator Mark Levin offered praise for President Donald Trump’s role and significance in the Jewish community, during a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Tuesday.

Retired Pastor Clive Johnston is facing a trial hearing on Wednesday for allegedly violating abortion buffer-zone laws by preaching John 3:16 near a hospital in Northern Ireland last year.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara depicted Mary and Joseph as “outsiders,” comparable to illegal aliens, as he criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

President Donald Trump holds a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Tuesday, December 16.

Israel reportedly warned Australia about threats to Jewish communities from “Iran-directed terror activity” months before the Bondi Beach attack.

Polish authorities have announced that they have foiled a planned ISIS-inspired terror attack on a Christmas market and have arrested a young man alleged to have become radicalised by Islamism.

New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson, who dedicated his life to Jesus Christ a few years ago, is raising awareness about Christians being persecuted all over the world.

Video has emerged of a woman who lost nearly everything in a house fire in the Philippines discovering her family’s Holy Bible largely untouched by the blaze.

In the wake of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, the Halpin family went viral in a video of them singing the “Regina Caeli,” a Catholic hymn to the Virgin Mary in Latin, over the rubble of their historic home; nearly one year later, they returned to the reconstruction site to sing the hymn once again as a priest blessed their home.

German police have arrested five men in connection with an alleged Islamist terror plot to attack targeting a Christmas market in southern Bavaria.

Pastor Doug Wilson, the Minister of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, described the Senate not moving to confirm former Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) as President Donald Trump’s Religious Freedom ambassador as being “inexplicable,” during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.

A French public broadcaster has been accused of spreading anti-Christian propaganda by suggesting that the tradition of Christmas markets is tied to Adolph Hitler and the Nazis.

Syria has approved the first Jewish organization to be officially recognized since Syria became an independent nation in the 1940s.

The U.S.-based Cuban news outlet Martí Noticias reported on Thursday that the Communist Party on the island has ordered the expulsion of Father José Ramírez, a priest stationed in Havana who rang the bells of his church on Monday in solidarity with protesters who had taken to the streets that night.

A recent poll found a majority of Catholic voters support President Donald Trump and his immigration policies. 

Actress Jenny McCarthy revealed that she and her husband Donnie Wahlberg have “become devout” Christians since Turning Point USA founder and free speech martyr Charlie Kirk’s horrific September 10 assassination. “I started Bible study immediately,” she said.