“Have we really become a society where it’s considered distasteful and controversial for a dad to hope the best for his son?” Just weeks after the brouhaha over the Tim Tebow Super Bowl commercial ended, Focus on the Family finds itself again defending one of its pro-family ads. The National Collegiate Athletic Association has removed... Continue Reading

An American diplomat to China was asked at a congressional hearing what he thought about the religious situation in China, particularly the house church movement. The diplomat responded by asking what a house church is. The U.S. government needs to enhance the religious literacy of its foreign service officers and diplomats so that they can... Continue Reading

The Salvation Army is a Christian denomination whose stated mission is “to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.” Churches and other faith-based organizations that receive government funds, beware. In an agreement that will be enforced by a federal court, government agencies in New York have... Continue Reading

“The Stupak-Pitts amendment – which reflects the will of the American people on the issue of federal funding of abortion – is supported by a bipartisan majority in the House, but was excluded from the president’s proposal.” After hours of back and forth sparring between Democrats and Republicans over health care reform during Thursday’s public... Continue Reading

“The Christian community at large is relatively uninformed about this,” said Carl Moeller, president of California-based Open Doors. “It is a commonplace occurrence in Iraq, sadly, yet largely unnoticed by American Christians.” Members of two Christian families were killed Tuesday in the northern Iraq city of Mosul. At least 14 Christians apparently have been targeted... Continue Reading

The diocese pointed out that homosexual tendencies do not bar a person from receiving Communion, but rather it is the active practice of homosexuality that presents the problem. The Dutch Catholic priest who withheld Communion last week from his town’s openly homosexual Carnival “prince” was faced at Mass this Sunday with a protest from homosexual... Continue Reading

“Once Planned Parenthood is stripped of its tax funding, we will see their abortion clinics close down like a row of falling dominoes.” New research shows the number of abortion facilities in America continues to decline, reports Operation Rescue. That trend, says the pro-life group, is evident in data collected in the past two months... Continue Reading

The Archdiocese of Washington’s decision to drop its foster care program is the first casualty of the District of Columbia’s pending same-sex marriage law that will obligate all outside contractors dealing with the city to recognize gay couples. Its decision, posted late Tuesday on the archdiocese’s Web site, announced that the archdiocese had ended its... Continue Reading

Young adults’ beliefs about life after death and the existence of heaven, hell and miracles closely resemble the beliefs of older people today. By some key measures, Americans ages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans, according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public... Continue Reading

“,,,the obvious point (is) that parents who object to the homosexuality curriculum will be ignored, and that the schools educate your children in their ideology whether you like it or not.” Public school children in Hamilton, Ontario will not be permitted to withdraw from classes that promote homosexuality, according to the Hamilton Mountain News. At... Continue Reading