Christian Newswire

'Opening Session' for Fr. Aloysius Sainthood

SAN GABRIEL, Calif., -- Today the friends of the Claretian Missionaries and the Missionaries of Perpetual Adoration will be celebrating the 34th Anniversary Mass for Fr. Aloysius Ellacuria, CMF at the San Gabriel Mission. In the past it has been quite an event.

National Campaign Grows to Pass Legislation Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

WASHINGTON, -- Eleven local and national pro-life groups plan a major demonstration on Thursday, May 7, at 12:00 p.m., at Republican Speaker John Boehner's office if by that time the U.S. House has not passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.

Lutheran Pastor Calls for Christian Unity with Bakers, Florists, Caterers, Wedding Boutiques

DODGE CITY, Kan., -- Last week, Arlene's Flowers in Washington was fined $1000 for declining a request to provide floral arrangements for the religious wedding service of gay men that she had served secularly for years. Citing her Christian convictions against participating in pagan rituals, grandma Barronelle Stutzman failed to prevail in her religious freedom case.

Black Homeschool Students Outscore White Public School Students--New Study

Population Control in the Name of Sustainable Development

FRONT ROYAL, Va., -- "It's Easy Being Green When You Have No Choice," a controversial new documentary, exposes how our world today is being influenced to believe that humans are responsible for the assured destruction of the world by "climate change." The proffered solution to such assured destruction is something called "sustainable development."

Groups Call for Senate to Pass Pro-life Anti-trafficking Bill

FRONT ROYAL, Va., -- Eleven leading media groups and pro-life voices are urging the Senate to pass the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 without changes to its pro-life provisions.

'Choose Life' Banner Banned in NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

NEW YORK, -- The Children First Foundation, a pro-adoption group that applied to march in the 2015 St. Patrick's Day Parade, will not be marching today in the world's oldest and largest parade because it was blocked, stonewalled and officially rejected by the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee. Why? That is an important and serious question that the parade organizers should be asked to answer.

Guide Dog Inspires Blind Woman to Start Faith Based Company Big Yellow Dog LLC

Three Reasons President Obama is Wrong -- Christians Living Under Persecution Speak Out -- Exclusive Interviews

MAESOT, Thailand, -- "A war is raging. ISIS is systematically and methodically abducting and slaughtering Christians. Unless defeated, ISIS will continue to target and kill-- especially Christians and people of any other faith besides the ISIS version of Islam," said Jim Jacobson, president of Christian Freedom International.

Faith Leaders to Show Support for Chief Justice Roy Moore

WASHINGTON, -- The news conference will be on Wednesday, February 25, at 12:00 P.M. in front of the Alabama Judicial Building which is located at 300 Dexter Ave. in Montgomery, Alabama.

Bishop E.W. Jackson Calls for Turning the Page on the History of Slavery and Segregation

WASHINGTON, -- On Wednesday, February 25th at 7 PM in the Congressional Auditorium of the Capitol Visitors Center, Bishop E.W. Jackson will host a National Reconciliation Service entitled REKINDLE THE DREAM.

The Church - Silent Too Long

FLOWER MOUND, Texas, -- Christians slaughtered in droves. Videos of unspeakable terror. Threats of blood running in the streets.

Tens of Thousands Urge Boycott of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

FRONT ROYAL, Va.,-- Americans should boycott "Fifty Shades of Grey" on Valentine's Day, say more than 60,000 signatories and a growing coalition of groups that accused NBC Universal of "using a romantic holiday to promote a movie about abuse and degradation."

Students to Challenge Rep. Tim Ryan on Right to Life Reversal

WASHINGTON -- Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) made national news last week when he changed his position on abortion from protecting the rights of the preborn to dismissing those rights in favor of abortion.

'Choose Life' Group Officially Rejected by St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee

NEW YORK, -- Dr. Elizabeth Rex was recently informed by Mr. John Dunleavy, Chairman of The NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, that The Children First Foundation, a pro-adoption, charitable organization that has been seeking the approval of a pro-adoption New York State "Choose Life" License Plate since 2001, has been officially rejected.

America's Covenant with Death

OPINION, -- On January 22nd, 1973, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court legalized abortion. The majority opinion ruled the "decision" to end a pregnancy during the first three months belonged to a woman and her doctor, not the government. The laws in all states that protected the preborn in the womb were struck down and rendered "Unconstitutional." They found in the "penumbra" of the Constitution a privacy right to commit the unspeakable to our choiceless sons and daughters in America.

Jihadists Massacring Copts in Libya; Urgent Intervention Needed to Pre-empt Pogroms

WASHINGTON -- Coptic Solidarity strongly condemns the systematic targeting by Islamic militants of Christian Copts in Libya, and urges Egypt and the international community to act immediately as the entire migrant community is in grave danger.

Slain NYPD Officer's Alma Mater to Grant Posthumous Degree to the Aspiring Chaplain

WASHINGTON, -- The college where slain officer Rafael "Ralph" Ramos was an online student preparing to be a chaplain will grant their student his degree posthumously.

Nativity Scene will Remain in Franklin County, Indiana this Christmas

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., -- On the heels of their spirited hearing this morning before U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, Thomas More Society has reached an agreement with the ACLU of Indiana that the Franklin County Nativity Scene will remain in place this Christmas. The agreement was reached on behalf of the two organizations' respective clients-Franklin County and the Freedom from Religion Foundation.

Coptic Solidarity Launches Advocacy Campaign for Imprisoned Christian Mohammed Hegazi

WASHINGTON, -- Coptic Solidarity announces the launch of an advocacy campaign seeking the immediate and unconditional release of Mohammed Hegazi. Mr. Hegazi -- who goes by his adopted Christian name Bishoy Armeya Boulos -- has been the subject of numerous spurious charges and sentences, prolonged detentions and threats to his and his family's lives. He has been targeted for the mere attempt in 2007 to reflect his personal conversion by applying to formerly change the religious status from Muslim to Christian on his state-issued identification card.