Pastors Push Back Against NYC Church Ban
New York City police arrested 43 pastors and church members who used the occasion of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s January 12 State of the...
Faith and Morals
Minnesota Archbishop Orders Priests: Support Traditional Marriage or Be Quiet
As Minnesota voters gear up to vote on a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, the...
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Supreme Court to Weigh FCC’s Authority to Regulate Broadcast Indecency
In what pro-family groups are calling the most important broadcast indecency case in over three decades, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral...
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Bill Maher in Hot Water After Blasphemous Tweet re: Tim Tebow
Even as Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow (left) is arguably responsible for the Broncos turnaround season, helping them win the AFC West and...
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Christian, Jewish Groups Seek Exemption from Contraceptives Mandate
A broad coalition of non-Catholic Christians as well as Jews has sent President Obama a letter protesting the new and narrower definition of...
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Ariz. Student Emerges From “Irreversible” Coma
Twenty-one-year-old Sam Schmid (left) had an extra-special gift for his family, presented to them just in time for the Christmas holiday. Days after...
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Christianity Still Dominant Faith, But Global Makeup Has Changed
The Pew Forum’s just released study Global Christianity: 2011 Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population, shows that at...
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Calif. Air Force Base Stands up to Secularists over Nativity Display
Officials at Travis Air Force Base in California decided days before Christmas that the nativity scene and menorah gracing the grounds of the...
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Songs for the Hapless Holidays
Oh, the weather outside is awful, But a fire would be unlawful, 'Cause particulates fill the breeze — Let 'em freeze, let 'em...
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L.A Cathedral Hosts Geodesic ‘Nativity’ Scene
For those who haven’t gotten the news, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles has divulged that Jesus Christ...
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Federal Court Rules for Street Preachers at Minnesota Christmas Festival
A federal court in Minnesota ruled December 20 that the city of Duluth had no right to prevent two men from sharing the...
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The Unending Battle over Nativity Scenes
Lately it seems that there is nothing more contentious or detestable to some people than the sight of a Nativity scene, regardless of...
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SNL Mocks Quarterback Tim Tebow’s Faith
Weeks ago, The New American reported on Denver Broncos’ quarterback Tim Tebow’s (left) passionate faith and the flak he has taken for it....
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Christian Leaders React to Death of Outspoken Atheist Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens, the outspoken atheist columnist and author who took delight in ridiculing the Christian faith and its adherents, but who also shared...
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Court Dismisses Suit Against Arizona Governor’s Prayer Proclamation
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) challenging Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s proclamation of a Day...
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