A Kurdish Pastor’s Arrest Stirs Fears in Post-Assad Syria
Earlier this summer, Nehad Hasan decided to travel from his home in Lebanon to Syria for a family vacation. He wanted his children to meet extended family and to see their ancestral homeland of Afrin, a Kurdish-majority region in northwest Syria. As the pastor of a Kurdish church
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Criminal Investigation Underway After Family Says Christian Grandmother Euthanized Without Consent
A criminal investigation is underway in Canada after a controversial case of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in which the family of an 83-year-old Christian grandmother is questioning the ethics and legality of her death. The woman was euthanized even though she opposed euthan
French Christians Brace for Future of ‘Violent’ Heat
At 18 months old, Arthur Bailly was too young to understand why his family’s small 10th-floor apartment in the north central French city of Orléans baked in late June. During France’s hottest summer on record, the building’s cement construction absorbed accumulating heat. The lac
Fear-Driven Churches Create Three Kinds of Christians
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Last week, I taught a university class on respect for the conscience. One smart young student talked to me afterward and said she sometimes had difficulty telling the difference between her conscience and the
Lawyer says prosecutors haven’t offered details of teen’s alleged ties to San Diego mosque shooters
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say she helped California teens Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez, who shot and killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18 before killing themselves.
Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, and cap foreign students in classrooms
ROME (AP) — Once approved by the government, the measure would need parliamentary approval within 60 days to pass into law.
Colorado State apologizes to BYU for derogatory chants as 11th-ranked Cougars beat Rams 41-23
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The school said that “mocking anyone’s faith has no place at CSU.” BYU is the flagship school for what's widely known as the Mormon church. The chants were predominantly pregame and coming from the student section.
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men. Its audience is small but growing, and their movement has ties to powerful religious and political figures.
Trump Blasts ‘Evil’ International Criminal Court in Front of UN Globalists
President Donald Trump didn’t mince words when he called the International Criminal Court an “evil group of people” and demanded every member nation resign from the tribunal immediately during his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly. The sharp rebuke comes as t
Sri Lankan court sentences 15 men to life in prison for roles in deadly 2019 Easter bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The April 21 attacks, which were inspired by the Islamic State group, were among the deadliest attacks in Sri Lanka’s history.
Suspect in Yom Kippur shooting outside Ontario synagogue dies from his injuries
BELLEVILLE, Ontario (AP) — Belleville police identified the man as Sean Ward of Quinte West. Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, an independent civilian agency that investigates police shootings, said Ward died Monday night.
Priests, nuns march to Vatican to demand end to ‘genocide’ in Gaza
ROME (AP) — The “Priests Against Genocide” network was born in August 2025 and currently includes over 2,500 priests and bishops from five continents, organizers said.
Can a person be very conservative and also oppose Christian nationalism? Our survey says yes.
(RNS) — Latter-day Saints diverge from the white evangelicals they resemble in their political conservatism and Republican partisanship.
As Netanyahu takes UN stage, New Yorkers protest antisemitism — and his government
NEW YORK (RNS) — As Netanyahu prepares to speak, protesters across the city are demonstrating over antisemitism and Israel, reflecting the diverse views of Jewish New Yorkers on those issues.
Triple Murderer’s Last Words Point to the Unmatched Mercy of Jesus
Ker’Sean Ramey praised God and thanked his fellow death row inmates moments before Texas executed him Wednesday for the brutal murders of three people. Ramey, 41, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. CDT, accordi