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Officials in the South Korean city of Daegu have filed an $83 million lawsuit against the Shincheonji religious sect, accusing it of causing “massive damages” to the city’s public health after coronavirus cluster infections emerged among its congregants “triggering an uncontrollable spread” throughout Daegu, South Korean newspaper the Chosun Ilbo reported on Wednesday.

India has denied visas to a team from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which had requested entry to India to assess religious liberties in the country, Reuters reported on Thursday.

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.

A Republican Ohio state legislator said he would not wear a mask as recommended by Gov. Mike DeWine to limit the spread of coronavirus, saying that his religious beliefs state that faces are the “likeness of God.”

India’s External Affairs Ministry condemned the USCIRF after it shared reports of hospitals segregating coronavirus patients by religion.

The Church of England has moved millions of pounds worth of valuables to the Tower of London in order to protect them should mass looting in London occur during the coronavirus lockdown.

The coronavirus outbreak reveals the value of faith communities in assisting people during times of crisis, said radio host Dennis Prager.

Pastor Robert Jeffress shared a prayer for God to grant wisdom to President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in addressing the coronavirus outbreak.

A judge has ordered the state of Kentucky to pay $150,000 to atheist groups representing a man whose request for an “IM GOD” license plate was denied.

The U.S. State Department’s launch of a global coalition to defend religious freedom is a “good first step” in countering a mounting wave of repression against both the faithful and those who choose not to worship, David Curry, the CEO of the Christian aid group Open Doors, told Breitbart News.

The Constitution requires counting the number of citizens and non-citizens who live in the United States every ten years.

If you don’t like the sound of that ‘we’, fine, I’ll take ’em on my own. But I suspect that you feel as angry about this thing as I do.

An Italian exorcist has denounced a steady rise in demonic activity as more and more young people abandon traditional spirituality and dabble in the occult.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, the NFL’s likely 2019 MVP, is crediting his belief in Jesus for keeping him humble with all his success and riches.

Police in Siberia’s Yakutia region on Tuesday arrested Aleksandr Gabyshev, a shaman who had announced his intention to march on Moscow and “drive [Russian President Vladimir] Putin out of the Kremlin.”

Conservative self-censorship in discussions of politics and religion aids the left’s ideological agenda, said Rick Manning.

More than twice as many Americans view the Democrat Party as “unfriendly” toward religion than the Republican Party, with fewer than one in five U.S. adults saying the Democrats are “friendly” toward religion, the Pew Research Center reported Friday.

Democrats’ attempts to impeach Donald Trump is closer to a “communist revolution” than “civil war,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX).

Former Los Angeles Lakers Lamar Odom took to social media to tell fans that he has been saved by Christianity, and thanked Jesus for saving his life.

A strictly observant Muslim Indonesian man – who worked as a religious policeman enforcing adultery laws – has been publicly whipped after being caught with a married woman. He now stands to lose his job after local Islamic officials expressed a lack of confidence in his ability to discharge his duties.

The Russian government has stepped up its crackdown against Jehovah’s Witnesses, jailing six followers of the Christian denomination on Thursday for “extremism.”

Many atheists and agnostics have a negative reaction to prayers said for them, CNN reported Monday, so Christians should probably keep them to themselves to avoid offending others.

While the youth of Hong Kong march for freedom and democracy, the Communist Party of China (CPC) subjects China’s youth to a brutal campaign of oppression and tyranny, barring Chinese youth from any and all religious practice and venues.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is driven by a “strong spiritual feeling” which influences his “approach to public policy,” according to an Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund questionnaire filled out by the presidential candidate’s campaign.

The Catholic Church in Singapore has announced its full support for a proposed amendment seeking to rein in foreign religious influences.

Americans say patriotism, religion, and having children are less important to them today than they did 20 years ago.

Marianne Williamson’s presidential campaign is renewing interest in the book that launched her career as a self-help author and speaker.

A 400-year-old temple in Kyoto, Japan has installed a human-like robot to deliver the teachings of Buddha to worshipers. Foreigners are reportedly appalled, but the temple’s chief steward says that he hopes the robot will be the first of many found in Buddhist temples and that unlike Westerners, “Japanese people don’t possess any prejudices against robots.”

A pair of thieves were caught on camera taking valuables from a historic church Thursday night in Omaha, Nebraska.

A number of candidates vying for the Democrat presidential nomination are attempting to appeal to religious voters, despite their seemingly contradictory embrace of extreme positions.

China is paying Buddhists in Tibet to hang photos of Communist Party chief Xi Jinping as a means of subverting the grip the religion has among natives in the repressed province, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Monday.

Catholic schoolgirls in Brisbane, Australia, have been banned from using the biblical language of “Lord,” “Father,” and “Son” in prayers in order to instill the idea of a gender-neutral God.

A long-serving vicar and school-governor has resigned his post over what he said were children being “sacrificed on the altar of trans ideology” after an eight-year-old pupil at his school transitioned from a boy to a girl. The Reverend John Parker

The communist government of North Korea, routinely identified as the most repressive regime in the world, launched a campaign last month to eradicate the growing Falun Gong movement, according to reports circulating Monday.

The number of Italians who believe in God has declined by a remarkable seven percent in less than five years according to a new study by the Doxa consumer research group.

Dennis Prager said that “the left has substituted itself for God,” describing growing secularization as a threat to the nation’s central values.