Religious freedom
Court Rules Louisiana Schools Can Post Ten Commandments in Classrooms
Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms statewide can take effect, a federal appeals court decided on Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 12-6 to overturn a lower court decision that put…
New York Ends Fight to Force Nuns to Pay for Abortions
The state of New York has spent a decade attempting to force nuns and other religious ministries to cover the cost of abortions. But no longer. In 2017, New York created a statewide abortion mandate requiring employers to cover abortifacients…
DOJ Arrests Three Activists Who Disrupted Church in MN
The Department of Justice has arrested three radical activists who disrupted a service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday, January 18. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrests of Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa…
Pastor Son’s Trial and the Crisis in South Korea
A few thousand worshippers at last week’s Sunday service at Segero Church in the city of Busan, South Korea, sang loudly, “All my life, you have been faithful. All my life you have been so, so good …. I will sing of the goodness of God.” The…
President Trump: “I think God is very proud of the job I’ve done.”
At Tuesday’s White House briefing marking the one-year anniversary of the second Trump administration, a reporter asked President Trump the following question: “Last year, you told me that you believed that the reason you won the election is…
Is Religious Faith Gaining Influence in America?
In late October, Pew Research Center reported that “there was a sharp rise in the share of U.S. adults who say religion is gaining influence in American life” since February 2024, when it was only 18%, to 31% today – the highest in 15 years.…
The Pope’s New Year’s Meeting & the Fate of the Latin Mass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-WMP_OEds As the year ends, The Prayerful Posse takes on a major Vatican moment: Pope Leo XIV’s decision to summon the full College of Cardinals to Rome. With Church governance, synodality, and sacred liturgy on…
There Is No Freedom Without Religious Freedom – Religion & Liberty Online
Publishers often promote books as being “timely,” even when the book in question just seems like the latest on a picked-over topic. Eerdmans, the publisher of John D. Wilsey’s excellent Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer, uses the word…
Iran’s Latest Tribute to Mary, A Farce in a Nation Far from Free
“This is merely a show of solidarity and acceptance towards Christians — while in the background they are arresting, torturing, imprisoning and killing them. This whole stunt is so they can silence the mouths of the rest of the world and have…
Parents Should Be Allowed to Take Children to Church
According to Judge Jennifer Nofsinger of Maine’s District Court, Emily Bickford isn’t allowed to take her 11-year-old to church on Sunday or any other day of the week. Emily shares custody of her daughter with Matthew Bradeen. Emily and Matthew…