A U.S. Appeals Court has ruled that a student who was denied the chance to hand out invitations to classmates to a church Christmas party had her rights violated by the school district.
The child, identified as K.A., should have been allowed to hand out the invitations in a way that did not cause a “substantial disruption” to the class. Continue reading
Pope Francis has told reporters he wants a “poor church, for the poor” and asked them to get to know the Church with its “virtues and sins.”
The Pope asked reporters to share the Church’s focus on “truth, goodness and beauty” and said the church’s mission is “spiritual, not political.” Continue reading
A painting of Jesus that has hung in a southern Ohio middle school for 65 years is being moved after complaints from the anti-Christian Freedom From Religion Foundation and the ACLU. However, much to the dismay of the anti-Christian forces, the painting is being moved to the high school.
Members of the Hi-Y club, who originally put up the picture in 1947, are moving the photo to the high school where their members currently attend and meet. The middle school originally was the high school for the school district. Continue reading
One day after Pakistan celebrated the first full term by a government in the country’s history, Islamic terrorists have killed at least four people in an attack on a court complex in Peshawar.
At least 29 have been injured in the assault by a homicide bomber. Continue reading
The entire north island of New Zealand has been hit with a drought the government is calling the worst in 30 years.
The capital, Wellington, is reported to have only 18 days of water supply left. The south island is feared to start feeling the effects of the drought very soon. Continue reading
The United Nations Human Rights Council is claiming that any country who bans abortion is torturing its women.
The report from the Committee against Torture says it “has repeatedly expressed concerns about restrictions on access to abortion and about absolute bans on abortion as violating the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.” Continue reading
Israel’s Prime Minister has reached a deal with other parties to form a coalition government according to various government sources.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-Yisrael Beitenu party will work with the centrist Yesh Atid and Hatnua and a far-right party, Jewish Home. The negotiations took five weeks after the January 22nd election. Continue reading
Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan has won an injunction from a federal court judge that would block the Obama administration from forcing him to offer contraception through his company’s health care plan.
Monaghan, a Roman Catholic, has repeatedly made public statements that contraception is “gravely immoral” and that employers should not have to provide coverage that goes against their personal religious beliefs. Continue reading
Three British men have pleaded guilty to charges of planning Islamic terrorist attacks around the world.
Richard Dart, Jahangir Alom and Imran Mahmood all avoided trial by pleading guilty. They had been arrested just weeks before the 2012 London Olympics. They will be sentenced at a later date. Continue reading
The anti-Christian Freedom from Religion Foundation is suing the U.S. Treasury Department, saying that having “in God we trust” on currency is offensive to nonreligious American citizens. Continue reading