Despite worries about voter fraud, intimidation, or even the threat of Islamists like Somalia’s Al-Shabaab attacking voting stations, the people of South Sudan are determined to be free. After over 40 years of war waged against them by a regime attempting to destroy their African culture and Christian faith, South Sudanese began voting in a... Continue Reading

“For the briefest moment it looked as if the baby were being wrung like a dishcloth, twirled and squeezed,” Johnson writes. “And then the little body crumpled and began disappearing into the cannula before my eyes. The last thing I saw was the tiny, perfectly formed backbone sucked into the tube, and then everything was... Continue Reading

Applicants to its Nurse Residency Program in Women’s Health (including obstetrics, gynecology, labor and delivery, etc.) must provide an “acknowledgment” that, if admitted, they will be expected to assist in abortions. The Alliance Defense Fund has filed a formal complaint with the Department of Health & Human Services, asking it to enforce federal law and... Continue Reading

Facing a backlash from conservative groups, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ordered changes to a proposal to remove the terms “mother” and “father” from records of overseas births. “With Secretary Clinton’s input, we will be revising the form to retain the existing designation of mother and father, in addition to the designation of parent,”... Continue Reading

The United States cannot force these states to change, but Washington should make religious persecution part of its human-rights dialogue with other nations. Equally important, Americans should support and pray for the oppressed around the world. Americans take religious liberty for granted. Unfortunately, this most fundamental freedom is not protected in many countries around the... Continue Reading

The political back-and-forth has escalated after Saturday’s massacre at a Tucson grocery store, which killed a federal judge and left Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically injured. Ever since Jared Lee Loughner was identified as the suspect arrested for the massacre that killed six and wounded fourteen, speculations concerning the alleged gunman’s political affiliations has... Continue Reading

“I don’t think this is the kind of decision that makes or breaks a civilization, but I don’t want to underestimate what it means symbolically,” said Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a popular evangelical commentator. “It’s further evidence of the loss of a commitment to the natural family that will... Continue Reading

While North Korea remains No. 1 because of its total repression of faith, the organization reports in its 2011 listing of dangers, “the most dangerous countries in which to practice Christianity are overwhelmingly Islamic.” North Korea, that reclusive, violent nation where dictator Kim Jong-il demands his subjects worship him and often executes those who don’t,... Continue Reading

“So many have said abortion must be rare. 87,000 abortions in this city is not rare. It’s an abysmal failure…” The report, recently released by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said that of 225,667 pregnancies in 2009, there were 87,273 abortions. A new report has found that 41% of babies... Continue Reading

Last April, the U.S. Supreme Court permitted a war memorial cross to remain at the Mojave National Preserve and told a lower court to further consider a congressionally approved transfer of the cross to private land. A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday (Jan. 4) a veterans’ memorial featuring a 43-foot cross on California’s Mount Soledad... Continue Reading