Category: Religious Freedom
Carrie Prejean Boller: Christians remain silent as ‘complete genocide’ unfolds in Gaza
In a Monday interview with Matt Gaspers, Carrie Prejean Boller challenged Christians to be consistent in their pro-life convictions in speaking out against the Israeli government’s genocide against the Palestinian people.
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At the Colosseum, Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful to ‘live our lives as a journey’ in Christ’s love
Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to “live our lives as a journey” and prayed for the Church to “follow in the footprints” of Christ as he walked the Via Crucis on April 3.
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‘American Idol’ faith night sees worship, bold proclamations of Jesus: ‘The Holy Spirit moved’
The name of Jesus was boldly proclaimed from the stage of “American Idol” on Monday night, as the long-running competition show leaned fully into its second annual “Songs of Faith” night.
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NBA Protects Players Accused Of Violent Crimes While Targeting Christians For Saying Christian Things
“So why is it that the NBA and the Chicago Bulls say that I’m detrimental to the team? How? Because I believe in the truth? Because I know Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life?” Ivey continued.
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Vatican official warns of ‘Christianophobia’ in Muslim world and secular West
The Nigerian prelate also warned of a growing cultural aversion to Christianity in the West, where Christian expression is often treated with suspicion even as societies insist on defending the religious symbols of others.
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Why the decline of marriage is driving America’s faith crisis
The married, intact family began declining in the 1960s. About a generation later, religious non-affiliation began to rise as those children reached adulthood. Social scientists call this generational succession, where each generation is less religious than the last. Marriage and family trends began to level off between 2008 and 2015, likely influencing today’s slowdown in religious decline that Pew recorded.
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Canada’s House of Commons passes bill that could criminalize quoting the Bible
The legislation removes a longstanding religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws, opening the door to potential criminal charges against Christians who publicly affirm biblical teachings on topics such as homosexuality and gender. Constitutional experts and faith leaders have condemned the bill for empowering police and courts to punish individuals based on subjective claims of “hateful” feelings rather than clear incitement to violence.
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Activists push to sideline religious teaching in Ireland’s church schools
Secular campaigners in Ireland are intensifying efforts to marginalize or remove religious education from the country’s faith-based schools, particularly those with a Catholic ethos. The latest push, led by humanist and secularist groups, calls for making religious instruction optional and replacing it with broadly secular “worldview” or ethics classes that treat Christianity as just one belief system among many.
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Christian Wedding Photographer in Louisville Wins Massive Anti-Discrimination Settlement
She told CBN News in October 2025 she is outspokenly Christian and wanted to “proactively” state on her website her biblically based views on marriage and sexuality. City authorities, she explained, told her that would not be permissible and added she could not even tell prospective clients about what ceremonies she was and was not willing to photograph.
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Finland Christian Convicted of ‘Hate Speech’ for Decades-Old Pamphlet on Sexuality
“It is right that the court has acquitted Päivi Räsänen for her 2019 Bible verse tweet,” Paul Coleman, executive director of ADF International, which represented Räsänen, said in a statement Thursday. “However, the conviction for a simple church pamphlet published decades ago—before the law under which she has been convicted was even passed—is an outrageous example of state censorship.”
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Pew report finds that one-fourth of U.S. radio stations have a faith focus
Most religious radio stations report that “evangelism” is part of their mission.
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Religious participation linked to higher levels of student success: report
The religious practices of students, their families and teachers can help close learning opportunity gaps, according to a report that found that faith is associated with higher levels of student achievement.
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