June 25, 2020 Hawley blasts big tech for 'censoring' Christian worship leader Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called out Instagram Wednesday night for censoring videos of a Christian activist participating in peaceful prayer gatherings at protest sites around the country.
June 25, 2020 Coronavirus shutdown causes Catholic school closures Many Catholic schools had been struggling before the coronavirus, but the shutdown put the nail in the coffin for at least 100.
June 25, 2020 Las Vegas casino removes statue at request of faith leaders Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Jain leaders are calling on Las Vegas casino Mandalay Bay to remove Hindu and Jain deity statues from its Foundation Room night club, calling it "highly inappropriate."
June 24, 2020 Mike Huckabee on the call to take down statues of ‘white Jesus’ Monday, prominent activist Shaun King called for the removal of every image depicting a “white” Jesus. Former governor of Arkansas and ordained minister Mike Huckabee says this is “one of the most unbelievable things he’s ever heard.”
June 24, 2020 Mike Huckabee slams Shaun King for saying statues of Jesus Christ are 'form of white supremacy' Former governor of Arkansas and ordained minister, Mike Huckabee, reacts to a Black Lives Matter activist's call to take down all images of "white" Jesus.
June 23, 2020 Saudi Arabia says hajj to go ahead with 'very limited numbers' amid coronavirus pandemic Only about 1,000 Muslims already inside Saudi Arabia's kingdom will be allowed to attend a heavily pared-down version of hajj this year due to the coronavirus, officials announced Tuesday.
June 23, 2020 Hong Kong pastors face arrest, extradition to China with new security laws: watchdog China’s blueprint for national security in Hong Kong jeopardizes the territory’s semi-autonomous standing and puts pro-democracy activists, including pastors and religious leaders, at risk of being extradited to and tried in mainland China, a Christian persecution watchdog warns.
June 22, 2020 Pope Emeritus Benedict returns to Vatican after visiting ill brother in Germany, officials say Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican Monday after a five-day trip to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, the Vatican said.
June 18, 2020 Saudi Arabia weighs canceling annual Muslim pilgrimage amid surge of new coronavirus cases Saudi Arabia may cancel the highly anticipated Muslim holy pilgrimage to Mecca for the first time in the kingdom's recent history due to a spike in new cases of coronavirus.
June 18, 2020 Judge Andrew Napolitano: Coronavirus pandemic doesn’t give government right to bar religious services Under the Constitution, government can't tell churches and other houses of worship to close for any reason -- including a pandemic.
