One year after a military coup in Myanmar, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom joined human rights advocates and religious leaders in condemning the violence that has claimed 1,300 lives.
After delays, Deborah Lipstadt, Biden’s antisemitism monitor nominee, to get confirmation hearing
Deborah Lipstadt, whose confirmation as State Department antisemitism monitor has been delayed because of her past sharp criticisms of Republicans, has secured a confirmation hearing date for next week.
Sen. Chris Coons: This year’s National Prayer Breakfast is a ‘reset’
Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, an organizer of the National Prayer Breakfast scheduled to take place on Thursday (Feb. 3), believes this year’s iteration will be a “positive reset” for the controversial event and feature speeches from President Joe Biden…
Ordinance limiting Oregon church meal services violates religious freedom, lawsuit says
An Oregon church is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom.
After synagogues are targeted with swastikas and smashed windows, rabbi urges community to respond with ‘goodness and positivity’
Rabbi Levi Notik had just finished preparing meals at the F.R.E.E. Synagogue food bank on Devon Avenue Sunday when he stepped outside and saw a yellow swastika spray-painted on the side of the building.
Pakistani Pastors Ambushed by Gunmen While Driving from Church
A Church of Pakistan lay pastor was gunned down and a priest wounded by unknown assailants as the leaders drove home from a worship service on Sunday in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, where Christians had suffered their deadliest…
Congregation facing eviction from nation’s oldest synagogue
A Jewish congregation in New York City has moved to evict Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nation’s oldest synagogue as part of a long-running dispute over control of the historic building.
Palestinian families are reunited as ‘discriminatory’ residency rule is set aside
The day in early 2001 when Danny Awad picked up his fiancee from Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport to take her home to meet his family in Bethlehem, he got a call from his father.
Appeals Court affirms right of inmate under RLUIPA to possess scented oil for daily prayers
Via Religion Clause, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled in favor of a Nevada state prisoner seeking to use scented oils while praying in accordance with his religious beliefs.
Attorney: Waffle House shooter believed God commanded him
Attorneys for a man who killed four people in a shooting at a Nashville Waffle House said Monday that Travis Reinking believed the restaurant patrons and employees were government agents whom he had been commanded by God to kill.
Facing trial, Brian Houston steps aside as global senior pastor of Hillsong
Brian Houston, co-founder of the Hillsong megachurch and media empire, announced that he is stepping aside as global senior pastor, telling worshippers via a pre-recorded video played during the Sunday morning service at Hillsong’s Sydney, Australia, headquarters that he would…
Catholic leaders exploring history, legacy of Oklahoma Catholic Indian boarding schools
A Native American woman stood to face a group gathered after Sunday Mass at a small Pottawatomie County Catholic church recently.