Finnish member of parliament Päivi Räsänen, who is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling in a criminal case over a Bible verse tweet, is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday about expanding speech restrictions in Europe.
Despite rumblings of a Christian resurgence among young adults in the United Kingdom, recent surveys purporting to find high levels of religiousness among youth may be misleading, according to the Pew Research Center.
The Taliban has codified slavery and formalized a class-based justice system in Afghanistan through a newly approved criminal procedure code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Legal experts and international rights groups say the new law strips away due process and institutionalizes privilege based on gender, religion and social status.
Finland’s capital is often overlooked in winter, when many travelers assume darkness and cold outweigh the rewards. That assumption doesn’t hold.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the first official "bonfire of the vanities," Answers in Genesis suing Kentucky and a bishop setting up a mission in the Congo.
A teenage Chick-fil-A employee who auditioned for “American Idol” by singing a cover of the song “Honest” didn’t realize the songwriter was next in line behind her, waiting to audition. Hearing the teen's rendition of her original song brought the songwriter to tears.
This week saw multiple developments in both fiscal and social policy in the United States. Among them, President Donald Trump unveiled an initiative to give a $1,000 investment to babies born in the next three years, and announced his pick to lead the Federal Reserve. Here are five highlights from this week.
Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz, best known for coaching Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish to a national championship during his three-decade coaching career, has entered hospice care.
European foreign ministers voted on Thursday to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terror organization, following significant lobbying efforts after the deadly crackdowns by the Iranian regime on protesters.
The streaming platform Disney+ is expanding its mature content library, with one advocacy organization reporting that parents can expect more than a 2,200% increase in R-rated movies and more than an 840% increase in TV-MA-rated shows available on the platform.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, a small conservative denomination with just over 7,000 members, has excommunicated one of its ministers for advocating kinism, which teaches that God ordained racial segregation and that people should live, marry and worship only within their own racial or ethnic groups.
A theologically liberal California church says that hundreds of people attended its recent workshop on how to respond to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Former MorningStar Ministries leader Chris Reed, who now leads the Friends of the Bridegroom Church in Lancaster, South Carolina, has downplayed allegations from former members that he is an out-of-control, manipulative drug addict who shouldn't be in ministry.
In “Moses the Black,” Omar Epps plays a man who has built his life on fear and loyalty, only to realize that the power he commands might be destroying the people he loves most.
Texas will immediately freeze new petitions for H-1B visas at all state agencies and public institutions of higher education in response to reports of abuse in the federal program and a need to prioritize jobs for Texas workers.
Christians must resist being pulled into partisan battles amid ongoing debates about immigration and federal agents’ enforcement tactics, says a pro-life pastor who is calling for a pause to federal immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota for two weeks.
World Relief, a refugee resettlement organization, is calling on the Trump administration to reverse its policy reviewing the cases of refugees admitted into the United States during the Biden administration.
During the reopening of a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, President Gustavo Petro delivered a speech that sent shockwaves through the country's religious community.
New video footage shows a Minneapolis nurse who was fatally shot in a scuffle with Border Patrol agents last Saturday involved in a separate altercation just days before the shooting.
Rapper Nicki Minaj proclaimed that “God is protecting” President Donald Trump as she spoke at an event launching a new economic initiative by the president, revealing later in the day on social media that she has received a Trump Gold Card and is finalizing her U.S. citizenship.
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