Religion

President Donald Trump announced new guidance Thursday on prayer in schools. Nine federal agencies will roll-back anti-prayer regulations that apply to schools in hopes of changing the current “freedom from religion” climate to one where students and teachers are free to practice their religion without interference from the government. Watch: Content created by Conservative Daily News and some content syndicated through ...

President Donald Trump’s campaign is ramping up attention to Catholic voters heading into the 2020 election season. The president has focused significant attention on Evangelical voters but now recognizes that he must devote similar attention to Catholic voters if he wishes to secure the 2020 presidential election, Politico reports. Many members of Trump’s staff are Catholics, including acting White House ...

Pope Francis came to a hotly debated deal with the authoritarian Chinese government in 2018. The move caused widespread confusion among Catholics, who watch as China continues persecution of religious groups. The Daily Caller News Foundation spoke to authors and theologians regarding the motives behind Pope Francis’s cooperation with China. Pope Francis caused widespread confusion among Catholics when he agreed ...

A majority of white Evangelicals strongly support restrictions on abortion, a poll released Thursday shows. Sixty-seven percent of white Evangelicals said that they support making abortion illegal except in cases of rape or incest or in case of a threat to the mother’s life, a poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found. The poll results ...

A Chinese court sentenced a priest to prison for nine years Monday after the priest called the Chinese Communist Party “morally incompatible with the Christian faith.” The court sentenced 46-year-old Pastor Wang Yi, who led the Protestant Early Rain Covenant Church in the Chinese city of Chengdu, for incitement of subversion of state power and for illegal business operations, according ...

Amnesty International condemned Russia for imprisoning Jehovah’s Witnesses and said in a Monday statement that “intimidation and persecution” of Jehovah’s Witnesses must stop. The United Kingdom-based human rights group called on the Russian government to release Vladimir Alushkin, a Jehovah’s Witness imprisoned Friday, and cease persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Amnesty International also condemned Russia for ignoring calls from the United ...

A Russian court convicted six Jehovah’s Witnesses of “extremist activities” Friday. The Leninsky District Court of Penza convicted Vladimir Alushkin and sentenced him to six years in prison, Jehovah’s Witnesses World Headquarters Spokesman Jarrod Lopes told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The court convicted Alushkin for “extremist activity,” and Alushkin was “immediately handcuffed and taken into detention,” Lopes said. Five ...

“Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” – John 12:42–43 Maybe the timid, cultural Christians in corporate Chick–fil–A know something regarding Mayor Pete’s presidential campaign that’s escaped ...

The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education today filed a Statement of Interest in federal court in Maryland, explaining that the Maryland State Department of Education discriminated against Bethel Christian Academy when it excluded the school from its BOOST Scholarship program due to the school’s beliefs regarding marriage and gender set forth in its Parent-Student Handbook. The ...

For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a special time of the year, but why is it special? Some are thankful for the bounty of food to be enjoyed at Grandma’s house. Some are thankful that Thanksgiving will bring a 4-day break from our jobs. Some are thankful for the time to begin shopping for Christmas. Unlike other Holidays, Thanksgiving is unique. ...

A Catholic priest refused to give 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden communion, citing Biden’s pro-abortion stances.  Catholic bishops have a history of refusing to give communion to pro-abortion politicians or warning these politicians not to receive. “To be publicly endorsing and privately opposed to abortion is an evil charade,” one bishop said. Catholic bishops have a history of telling politicians ...

Iran, a Muslim-majority nation, is seeing a staggering number of people leaving Islam for Christianity. According to the documentary, “Sheep Among Wolves Volumes ll,” Iran has the fastest growing church in the world. This film is produced by Frontier Alliance International Studios, and it delves into the realities of an underground movement where persecuted Christians are gaining traction in a ...

Christianity continues to decline among U.S. adults as the number of adults identifying as “nothing in particular” increases, Pew Research Center found. The number of American adults who describe themselves as Christian dropped 12 percentage points over the past decade and the number of both Protestants and Catholics in the U.S. has dropped, according to Pew Research data released Thursday. ...

Democrats have passed a resolution in which they have framed religious liberty as a risk to civil rights. The Democratic National Committee unanimously passed this resolution in a meeting in San Francisco on Aug. 24. The Secular Coalition of America spearheaded this act which represents atheists, agnostics, and humanists and assists these groups in regards to policies. The values embraced ...

   On September 11, 2001, America and the world were forever changed. Does anyone falsely believe it was for the better? After all the political ‘yelling, chest-slaps, and faux efforts,’ America has quickly gone down-hill by allowing this sort of religious hatred permeate Congress, the Democrat Party, societies, schools, colleges, media, and other targeted arenas. When will America waken from ...