New York City\'s Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke out this week in defense of the city\'s police department and its arresting of 143 individuals protesting the death of Baltimore man Freddie Gray in Union Square.
As protests over the death of Freddie Gray continue in Baltimore, Maryland, the city\'s police commissioner said this week that protesters are feeling a \"sense of rage, and rightfully so.\"
A local Philadelphia business has created a custom snack as a nod to Tim Tebow\'s recent decision to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2015 NFL season.
Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, recently spoke out against students at a Maryland university who fought to have the film \"American Sniper \"canceled from an on-campus screening, arguing that it promoted stereotypes against Muslims.
Religious leaders are calling on protesters in Baltimore, Maryland to express their grievances peacefully as the city was forced to call in the National Guard to halt looting and fires in the town.
A Utah husband recently credited his wife\'s premonition that he was in danger to prayer and God\'s spirit.
The death toll following this weekend\'s severe earthquake in Nepal has risen to beyond 4,000 as aid workers scramble to find survivors and provide assistance.
Following her bombshell announcement that she\'s pregnant, \"19 Kids and Counting\" star Jessa Duggar recently hinted that she and husband Ben Seewald may in fact be expecting twins.
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve Obama-nominated Loretta Lynch to the role of attorney general after a five month delay. Lynch will now replace Eric Holder\'s role in the justice department.
One person is dead and 23 others sick after a severe botulism outbreak that reportedly originated from a church potluck in Ohio.
Televangelist Creflo Dollar recently defended his campaign to raise money to buy a $65 million airplane for his ministry, telling his congregation in a recent video that "If I want to believe God for a $65 million plane, you cannot stop me."
Nearly 80,000 people gathered with Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell and 2819 Church at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday for a large-scale evening of prayer and worship. Ed Newton, senior pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio, attended the event, known as “ACCESS — That Powerful Hour of Prayer.” Free tickets for the gathering were claimed within eight hours.
A South Carolina judge is preparing to dismiss lawsuits filed by the United Methodist Church’s South Carolina Conference against nearly 70 congregations seeking to leave the denomination while retaining their properties. The conference said Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Brian M. Gibbons had informed the parties that he intends to dismiss the cases.
A Christian pastor who has spent years building relationships with Muslims and a historian who has studied Islamic history and doctrine debated whether Islam’s theological and political teachings allow the religion to coexist with Western society. Roberts said he once feared things like Sharia, or Islamic law, but realized the U.S. Constitution wouldn’t allow it.
A Christian teacher with 28 years of experience has filed a discrimination claim against a school in northeast England after being dismissed following a pro-life response to a student’s question about abortion. Anita Meston, 63, is suing Biddick Academy, a state-funded secondary school in Washington, Sunderland, according to ADF International, which is supporting her case.
A Christian pastor is facing a criminal charge after refusing to leave a sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington while protesting China’s treatment of religious minorities. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, leader of the Christian Defense Coalition, said in a Sept. 28 Facebook post that he was “arrested by the United States Secret Service for peacefully praying on a public sidewalk in front of the Chinese Embassy.”