Hopes that rescuers will find more survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings in central Mexico faded as the scale of the devastation wreaked by the country’s deadliest earthquake for a generation started to become clear. The death toll from the 7.1…

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, has said that improved relations with the Vatican will help improve collaboration on common causes.  The rabbi led a delegation to Pope Francis to present a Jewish perspective on Catholic…

As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the theological differences that split Western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries. Across Europe and the U.S., the…

“One of the greatest strengths of the United States is a belief that speech, particularly political speech, is sacred,” wrote Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince in 2013. “There will be things on our network that make us uncomfortable,” Prince wrote. But…

On September 14, by a margin of 211 to 198, the U.S. House of Representatives quietly voted to change the Johnson amendment in relation to churches. The Johnson Amendment prevents churches and other non-profits from endorsing political candidates or supporting political…

Speaking of North Korea, and using Biblically suggestive language, Donald Trump, President of the United States, told the United Nations General Assembly that the “righteous many” must destroy the “wicked few,” in order to maintain global security. “If the righteous…

Rescuers fanned out to reach stunned victims Thursday after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, knocking out electricity to the entire island and triggering landslides and floods. The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated…

Rescue workers backed by an army of untrained volunteers searched for survivors buried under mounds of rubble as the death toll from the powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake climbed to at least 230 across central Mexico. At least 44 buildings collapsed…

The French President recently issued an executive order that greatly broadened the definition and penalties for hate speech or discrimination, particularly against homosexuals and transgenders. The executive order includes “non-public” comments, such as on social media, at work or even…

Unregulated schools are a breeding ground for terrorism, a senior British official has warned as the government faced continuing questions over its ability to crack down on extremist mosque-run madrassas. Isolated communities within the UK posed the greatest threat of…

Another banner year (2016) for violations of Americans’ religious freedoms the Constitution is supposed to protect. First Liberty Institution has compiled a report, entitled for the last five years of all the known religious liberty violations in the U.S. This…

Since YouTube enacted a new advertiser-friendly strategy in March that gives more control to brands over where their ads show up on the online video sharing platform, alarms have been sounded that YouTube may be unfairly demonetizing videos posted by…