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By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, January 24, 2025 New York Yankees Hall of Famer, Mariano Rivera (R) and his wife Clara started Refuge of Hope church in their home in 2009. | YouTube/ The College of New Rochelle New York Yankees Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, have been accused […]
There is a myth that Americans were happily social before the events of 2020. But once the pandemic hit, we retreated into isolated lives and only now are we inching our way out. As journalist Derek Thompson points out in an interview with Lora Kelley, the “anti-social century is the opposite of that story.” […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Pastor Chris Avell (L) and his attorney Jeremy Dys (R) speak to reporters outside Bryan Municipal Court in Bryan, Ohio, on January 11, 2023. | First Liberty Institute An Ohio pastor has been found guilty of a fire code violation and could face as much as two […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, January 21, 2025 A flooded section of Morganton, N.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. | NCDOT A North Carolina pastor has been arrested and charged with embezzlement for misusing funds donated for hurricane relief aid, adding to his criminal record that consists of financial crimes going back […]
Yesterday was a busy day. Ohio State withstood a second-half comeback by Notre Dame last night to win the NCAA football championship. Nearly three thousand of the world’s wealthiest people gathered in Davos for the World Economic Forum. And retrospectives and remembrances related to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were shared widely as the nation […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, January 20, 2025 Freedom From Religion Foundation co-founders Dan Barker (L) and Annie Laurie Gaylor (R). | FFRF/Timothy Hughes An atheist legal organization has filed a complaint against a Wisconsin city, a student ministry, and a parish over a religious tax exemption law that benefits two church-owned rental properties. The […]
Inauguration Day is a day for which all Americans should thank God. Barring some drastically unexpected event, the United States will once again peacefully transfer power from one faction to another. Compared to the way nations throughout history have changed leaders—by military coup, death, sabotage, and destruction—the American story is a gift of God’s grace […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, January 20, 2025 A Catholic Mass servant holds a crucifix prior the start of the procession on Easter Sunday March 31, 2024, in Ralbitz, eastern Germany. Following an ancient religious ritual, Sorbs ride decorated horses while singing and announce Jesus Christ’s resurrection. The Sorbs are a Slavic minority in […]
Today, the nation celebrates what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 96th birthday. Sharon Shahid once openly wondered whether King’s famed essay, Letter from Birmingham Jail, “would have made such a lasting impression or had as powerful an impact if today’s instant communication devices existed and if someone smuggled… a mobile phone into his cell. What would have happened […]
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, January 20, 2025 Former pastor, David Zandstra, 83, (L) admitted to the murder of Gretchen Harrington (R) in 1975. | Delaware County District Attorney’s Office A jury has found an 84-year-old retired pastor not guilty of murdering an 8-year-old girl who was walking from home to her church’s […]