Christianity

Tennis legend Margaret Court said recently she is concerned by the fact that Christian values have been removed from schools, allowing young people to be confused by leftist transgender ideology.

A University of Oklahoma student said her psychology instructor gave her a failing grade on an essay in which she cited the Bible, in violation of her First Amendment rights. The school now says it has placed the instructor, a man who claims to be a woman, on administrative leave while it investigates the matter.

Christian communities in the Syrian cities of Latakia and Homs held celebrations this weekend marking the beginning of Advent, the Christmas season, lighting Christmas trees and opening themed markets.

Hollywood star Zachary Levi revealed that Hollywood churned out more faith-based films after realizing they could be profitable.

Breaking with his predecessors, Pope Leo XIV declined to pray at the Blue Mosque of Istanbul on Saturday as he continued his first international tour as the Bishop of Rome.

Muslim-majority Turkey is not “a hostile environment” for Christians even as their population has been drastically reduced over the past decades, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople said Friday.

A report from France’s domestic intelligence agency has identified Christians as the “prime target” for radical Islamists, who are actively trying to stoke anti-Christian sentiment in the West with “anti-crusader” propaganda.

The Ohio House has passed the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act,” which will allow public school teachers to include the positive influence of Christianity in American history lessons.

Solomon Ray topped the iTunes Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week, and he’s not even real … or Christian … or black. He’s an AI creation.

A nearly completed mosque in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, attracted a crowd of Christian protesters and prompted the government to halt construction this month after evidence surfaced that its construction may not have obtained the proper permits.

The main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demanded on Sunday that President Bola Tinubu consider resignation if he cannot ensure the safety of Christians in the face on a decade-long jihadist genocide campaign against them.

Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe testified before the House of Representatives on Thursday, detailing the “gory” violence Christians face.

The U.S. is mulling a host of options such as sanctions and Pentagon engagement on counterterrorism as part of a plan to compel the Nigerian government to better protect its persecuted Christian communities.

A church in rural Nigeria was attacked by jihadists Wednesday with at least two people murdered before the pastor and some worshippers were kidnapped, police and witnesses said. The attack comes just days after 25 girls were abducted from a boarding school.

Pope Leo XIV addressed bishops at the United Nations’ COP30 climate alarmism summit on Monday, lamenting that not enough political leaders follow the Paris climate agreement and demanding more “political will” to stop alleged climate change.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz praised rap superstar Nicki Minaj for using her platform to “spotlight” the persecution and slaughter of Christians in Nigeria.

“The Carpenter’s Son” isn’t the only recent film to reimagine the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas.

Nigerian Minister of Information Mohammed Idris reportedly declared on Thursday that the country’s advertising and marketing executives have a “crucial responsibility” to make Nigeria look good, particularly given recent global attention on the ongoing genocide of Christians in the Middle Belt region.

Multiple Syrian news outlets reported on Wednesday that the Franciscan Order has once again taken control of the Al-Ram School, formerly the Jesuit School, of Aleppo, over 50 years after the Assad dynasty’s Socialist Baath Party confiscated it.

Nigerian Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) conceded in remarks on Tuesday that President Donald Trump “told the truth” when he denounced a genocide of Christians in the country, asking those outraged by the American’s remarks to channel that anger into fixing the problem.

Nigeria’s most prominent Muslim organization, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), blamed “pro-Israeli actors” on Sunday for the growing international alarm at the Christian genocide happening in the country. It further alleged the genocide itself is “fake” contrary to extensive evidence of slaughter and displacement.

Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper reported on Thursday, in the context of the federal government claiming to release over 500 hostages from “bandit” captivity, that the government has threatened locals plagued by jihadist violence with arrest if they speak publicly on the slaughter.

At least 17 Christians were killed in Nigeria hours after President Donald Trump designated the nation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for ongoing attacks by radical Islamists, with local media reporting “fresh attacks by gunmen across communities in Plateau and Kaduna states.”

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu condemned President Donald Trump’s statements acknowledging the ongoing genocide of Christians in his country in remarks on Saturday, claiming they did not reflect “reality,” while a top adviser told local media Tinubu planned to meet Trump “in the coming days.”

Actor Zachary Levi, star of franchises Chuck and Shazam!, is in no doubt as to where his drive to succeed comes from as he negotiates Hollywood.

President Donald Trump warned that if the Nigerian government continues to allow Christians in the country to be killed, the United States military “may very well” go into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing.”

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj praised President Donald Trump for intervening and taking the matter of the “mass slaughter” of Christians in Nigeria by radical Islamists “seriously.”

President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” for the ongoing mass murders of Christians by radical Islamists, directing the House Appropriations Committee “to immediately look into this matter” and stating that the United States “cannot stand by” while the slaughters occur.

Nicole Scherzinger, frontwoman for the female-led pop group The Pussycat Dolls, Broadway titan, and former “The Masked Singer” judge, opened up about her Christian faith, saying it gets a “bad rap” these days.

In a recent memo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has pushed back against what he calls a “doomsday outlook” on climate change, signaling a shift in his views on the risks posed by a warming planet. Despite the move, he remains an extremist on a variety of issues, including his belief that we need a new “god” for humans to worship in the age of AI.

A backlash has reportedly been brewing against Polish actress Kasia Smutniak being cast as Mary in Mel Gibson’s upcoming “The Resurrection of the Christ” due to her pro-abortion activism.

Podcast King Joe Rogan is bucking the anti-Christian left and says that he enjoys church, admires Christ, and praises the benefits of Christianity.

ABC late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel claimed that Christianity is “perverted” as he attacked President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in an appearance on Ted Danson’s podcast.