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ABUJA, Nigeria, January 25, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Five Christians were killed on Jan. 17 in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, while a church leader in the southeastern state of Enugu said Christians there were “under siege.” In southern Kaduna state’s Zonkwa town, Zangon Kataf County, terrorists attacked at about 8 p.m. on Jan. 17, […]
(Left) A painting of Jesus at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. (Right) The painting is now obscured by a white curtain. | U.S. Coast Guard/U.S. Merchant Marine Academy A massive painting of Jesus walking on water will no longer be visible at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in […]
My local newspaper, the Dallas Morning News, broke the story reported by this headline yesterday. According to authorities, the men had arranged online to meet at hotels in our area, intending to pay for sex. Officials have not divulged the names of those arrested. The article reports that a high school teacher, a football […]
ABUJA, Nigeria, January 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed five Christians early Sunday morning (Jan. 22) in northeast Nigeria, following the slaughter of 12 Christians on Friday (Jan. 20) in the country’s Middle Belt, sources said. In Bauchi state’s Tafawa Balewa County, area residents said herdsmen attacked the predominantly Christian community […]
Getty Images While mental health concerns top the list of worries for parents today, and studies suggest religion is good for mental health, passing on their religious beliefs to their children is not highly prioritized by U.S. adults with children younger than 18, new data from the Pew Research Center show. Across racial and ethnic […]
Abigail Zwerner, 25. | Screenshot/GoFundMe A troubled 6-year-old boy who shot his first-grade teacher in the chest as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, allegedly told another teacher prior to the shooting that he hated her so much he wanted to set her on fire and watch her die. […]
Unsplash/Banter Snaps The Florida Department of Education has implemented a new rule requiring school librarians and teachers with classroom libraries to undergo training to ensure their libraries remain free of sexually explicit material and books promoting narratives on race the state finds troubling. The Florida State Board of Education approved a new rule Wednesday requiring […]
Skillet frontman John Cooper says that Christian events, including the upcoming Rock the Universe 2023 at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, are a great way to help restore the family dynamic in the United States. “Even in culture right now, even if you were to take the religious aspect out of something like this, you’ve […]
A prominent atheist organization is demanding that an Indiana sheriff’s office cease the promotion of inmates’ baptisms on its social media pages and is threatening legal action if such actions continue. At issue is a Dec. 29 Facebook post from the Decatur County Sheriff’s department celebrating the baptism of some 300 people in its system. The […]
A man seen praying in this undated photo. | Reuters/Danish Ismail Despite a growing rejection of organized religion, with fewer than 50% of Americans holding formal church membership, spiritual openness is on the rise, with a majority of U.S. adults saying they believe in God or a higher power and want to grow spiritually, new […]