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.
President Donald Trump was unequivocal on Monday in his faith that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, an al-Qaeda affiliated terror chief formerly known as “Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,” is the leader to transition the country out of civil war.
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.
President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for religious freedom this weekend – a recognition of the ongoing genocide of Christians there – undoes the corrosive legacy of predecessor Joe Biden, whose administration enabled 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.
The Vatican news agency Fides, in anticipation of the Catholic “World Mission Sunday” on October 19, published statistics on the world’s Catholic population revealing a boom in the number of faithful in Asia and Africa in particular.
Turning Point USA unveiled a new wooden cross outside its Phoenix-area headquarters this week, a tribute from supporters in Texas and Ohio honoring the late organization founder, Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last month.
Bible sales soared 36 percent in September compared to the same month in 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing data from the publishing sales tracker Circana BookScan.
Skip Bayless blasted Jaguars player Travis Hunter for being baptized into the Christian faith hours ahead of Sunday game against the Seahawks
A country singer named Bryan Andrews went viral last week after he issued a lengthy tirade against President Trump, his voters, and ICE agents.
A senior at the University of North Georgia is voicing her shock after buying a textbook that apparently labeled Christianity as a white supremacist group.
A man has sparked outrage after climbing onto an altar in St. Peter’s Basilica, dropping his trousers and urinating in front of stunned onlookers.
The Church of England has drawn international backlash over an “ugly” graffiti art installation at Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest Christian structures in England.
Jonathan Rinderknecht allegedly burned a bible prior to setting off the Palisades fire that took over 6,000 homes and 12 innocent lives.
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will make visits to Turkey and Lebanon beginning in late November, his first international travel as the head of the Catholic Church.
Members of a pro-Palestine protest in Rome reportedly defaced a statue honouring the late Pope John Paul II with graffiti that described him as a “fascist”.
More than 8,000 college students gathered on Tuesday at the University of Tennessee to worship Jesus Christ at a UniteUS campus event.
Charlie Kirk’s politics were motivated by his Christianity and the fundamental that “Jesus is truth,” Dr. Frank Turek, a mentor of Kirk’, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Actor Tim Allen publicly forgave the man who killed his father, citing the recently-widowed Erika Kirk forgiving her husband’s assassin.
Charlie Kirk was a friend to Israel and the Jewish people, and the Christian revival inspired by his life and martyrdom should be as well.
Charlie Kirk’s memorial service will go down in history. Not only was it pulled together in less than two weeks, but it stood as an event that clearly pointed to the saving power of Jesus over and over and over again — something everyone close to Kirk said he would have wanted, as his faith was the most important thing to him and a driving force in all that he did during his time on Earth.
Hundreds proclaimed the name of Jesus Christ and dozens were baptized at a “Pitt for Jesus” worship service event at the University of Pittsburgh on Thursday.
