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The Islamic State has declared Pope Francis’ burial a “marketing tool in a theological war,” asserting that tributes paid to the late pope undermine Islamic beliefs. The terror group is concurrently experiencing a resurgence, raising concerns about its growing strength and influence in the Middle East.
With deep roots in local church ministry and continental mobilization, David Ruiz has spent his life building structures and relationships to help Latin America take its place in global missions.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include Venice being excommunicated, the construction on Salisbury Cathedral, and the birth of Father Francis Duffy.
An enormous explosion and subsequent fire at Iran’s Shahid Rajaei port killed at least 28 people and injured about 800 others on Saturday. The blast reportedly involved a chemical used in missile propellants that had been stored at the port.
The Ibero-American Missionary Congress COMIBAM 2025 concluded Friday night in Panama City, closing four days of activities with a final session focused on gratitude, reflection and renewed commitment to missions.
As the first 100 days of the second Trump administration come to a close, another week brought additional actions from President Donald Trump and his administration to highlight and enact aspects of his agenda. Here are five developments that unfolded over the past week.
Alumni of the Illinois-based Trinity Evangelical Divinity School say they are saddened but not necessarily surprised by the announcement earlier this month that the seminary will leave the Chicago area and move over 2,000 miles away to Western Canada amid years of declining enrollment and financial concerns.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly has opened up about how the death of his son in 2005 drove him to be unfaithful to his wife and question his Christian faith, sharing what led him to repentance.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were among world leaders and over 200,000 people who crowded into the Vatican's St. Peter's Square on Saturday morning for the funeral of Pope Francis, with Trump and Zelensky meeting beforehand.
Members of a North Carolina church are urging the Trump administration not to deport nearly two dozen Christian refugees from Afghanistan after they were ordered to leave the United States within days before their asylum claims have been heard by a judge.
Two Christian organizations have asked a federal court to rule against former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member Jocelyn Samuels, a Democrat who is suing after being fired by President Donald Trump, arguing that her support for employment gender identity and abortion mandates violated their religious freedom.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will not remove conscience protections for members who oppose same-sex marriage, according to a church official.
A Maryland megachurch said it's investigating allegations that church officials were aware that a former member was sexually assaulted by a daughter of a youth pastor beginning when he was 14 and she was 16.
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum earlier this week laying out several directives by which the U.S. Department of Justice aims to enact President Donald Trump's executive order protecting children from chemical castration and surgical mutilation.
The FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge and former Catholic Charities administrator on Friday for allegedly obstructing a criminal investigation and impeding the arrest of an accused illegal immigrant at her courthouse in Milwaukee earlier this month.
The Pentagon will resume the Biden-Harris administration policy of using taxpayer dollars to pay for sex-change surgeries and cross-sex hormones for trans-identified soldiers.
Texas hospitals reportedly treated tens of thousands of patients who were in the United States unlawfully, resulting in over $121 million in healthcare costs.
Though he died in April 2011, the voice of Christian evangelist David Wilkerson still echoes loudly inside a well-kept neo-Federal style home at 416 Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill Historic District.
More than 500 participants from over 100 organizations across 30 countries traveled to a Dallas suburb this week for the sold-out Missional AI 2025 summit held at One Community Church’s Plano campus.
Pastor Tony Suárez believes the American church is not dying but experiencing a multicultural spiritual revival, especially among young people and the Hispanic community, while also advocating for compassionate immigration reform rooted in truth, hope and unity.
