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A Christian organization and one that opposes Christians are offering conflicting advice to the University of Colorado about Deion Sanders.

A pro-life activist and a Catholic priest were cleared after both were arrested while silently praying outside an abortion clinic in England.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, currently under fire from worldwide Anglicanism for moving to bless gay couplings, has claimed Parliament tried to “force same-sex marriage” on the Church of England.

A Canadian Catholic school pupil who was suspended last November for saying there are only two genders was arrested this week after attempting to return to class without renouncing his beliefs.

A British Army veteran was reportedly issued a fine while silently praying for his deceased son outside of an abortion clinic.

Cara Berg Raunick, who is Jewish, says a pregnant woman’s health and life is paramount, and she disagreed with legislators’ assertions that life begins at conception, calling that a “Christian definition.”

African Christians endured another grim year in 2022, especially in turbulent Somalia and Nigeria, where Islamist gangs such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State wiped out entire villages and Christian farmers clashed with herdsmen from the Fulani tribe. 

In yet another assault on Christianity in Britain, a pro-life activist was arrested for silently praying outside an abortion clinic.

Faith advocates warned of a potential point of no return, stating that First Amendment protections of religious freedom are “now at risk.”

Russian officials have denounced the Ukrainian government as “enemies of Christ and the Orthodox faith” over security service raids on churches accused of links to Moscow.

Same-sex households in the U.S. exceeded one million in 2021 for the first time ever, according to data touted by the U.S. Census.

A leading African cardinal said last weekend that religious liberty is “under threat” in the West where there is an “implicit bias against Christianity.”

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) lamented the passage of the “Respect for Marriage Act” without his religious liberty amendment.

The Senate rejected Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) religious liberty amendment and passed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA).

McMaster called the ACLU’s lawsuit a “shortsighted attack against every South Carolinian’s constitutionally-protected religious liberty.”

Lee is holding out hope that a few House Republicans will double back on their initial support for the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act.”

Mandatory “LGBTQ+ diversity” sex education in Welsh Elementary Schools aimed at children as young as three is both “extreme and unbalanced”, the country’s high court has been told.

Three referees have sued the NBA for requiring the vaccine as a condition of employment and refusing their religious exemption requests.

A priest in Ireland has stood by a homily he delivered attacking abortion and Transgenderism despite ever-increasing attempts by leftists to cancel him.

Religious freedom champion Nina Shea warned Tuesday that the U.S. lacks the necessary resolve to counter Xi Jinping’s “ideological war” on the West.

Advancing American Freedom (AAF), former Vice President Mike Pence’s policy group, filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of an Oregon baker who was penalized by the state for standing by his Christian faith and not baking a wedding cake for a lesbian marriage.

Pope Francis praised “authentic religiosity” Wednesday, insisting that on the contrary “fundamentalism defiles and corrupts every creed.”

Trump-appointee Judge James Ho accused United Airlines of “coerc[ing] its employees into violating their religious beliefs.”

Salman Rushdie has reportedly been taken off a ventilator, and is once again able to talk with others after being brutally attacked during an event in New York.

Nicaraguan Catholics are reportedly increasingly upset at Pope Francis for remaining silent as the oppressive Communist regime of dictator Daniel Ortega shuts down Catholic radio stations and sends goon squads to harass protesters.

Liberals have been left seething by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s “victory lap” speech in Rome following as number of key decisions.

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) called the Biden administration ‘anti-God’ in reference to State Department grants funding the spread of atheism abroad.

Mahua Moitra, a member of the Indian parliament from the TMC party of West Bengal, was the subject of two criminal complaints filed by the ruling BJP party on Wednesday because she made “insulting” and “demeaning” comments about the Hindu goddess Kaali.

The “normalizing of hatred,” “out of control” hate speech, and government inaction in the face of mob violence have created tremendous risks for Indian Christians in the last decade, Indian Evangelical leader Rev. Vijayesh Lal told Breitbart News in an interview last week.

Sports Illustrated has been taking a beating on social media after it criticized a Supreme Court case centered on religious freedom. 

‘Sports Illustrated’ blasted the coming Supreme Court decision that is likely to affirm that a high school football coach can pray at a game.

The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) is calling for prayer and action on religious freedom issues ranging from the Church in China to the defeat of taxpayer funding for abortion.

Top Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the U.S. State Department on Sunday for publishing a religious freedom report on Afghanistan revealing the repression of minorities of faith in the country.

According to a Chinese police officer quoted by Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Wednesday, the Chinese government has issued directives across the Xinjiang region forbidding its captive population, the Uyghur Muslims, from discussing the brainwashing camps in their province.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged the State Department to designate India as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) for its “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations” of religious liberty.

SCOTUS heard arguments in a religious liberty case regarding a high school football coach who was fired for praying on the field after games.