Mark A. Kellner

Holocaust survivor races time to share her story of surviving Nazi genocide

At age 89, Holocaust survivor Toby Levy knows her time is limited.

January 26, 2023

National Prayer Breakfast, once a hot-button gathering, to tone it down for 2023, organizer says

The head of a new organization sponsoring next week's National Prayer Breakfast said the event is returning to its low-key, bipartisan roots.

January 25, 2023

Religious liberty attorney Michael Farris joins National Religious Broadcasters as general counsel

Religious liberty attorney Michael Farris has joined the National Religious Broadcasters as general counsel, the evangelical Christian trade group said Tuesday.

January 25, 2023

Hispanic Protestant churches growing in face of overall Christian declines, survey reports

The number of Hispanic Protestant churches in the United States is up sharply over the past 23 years thanks to both immigration and evangelization, according to a survey released Tuesday.

January 24, 2023

Victim sues Denver Catholic archdiocese, claims church knew convicted priest was abuser

A Colorado man who said he was raped and sexually assaulted more than 100 times by a Roman Catholic priest in Colorado between 1998 and 2003 sued the priest, the Archdiocese of Denver and a local parish.

January 19, 2023

Museum exhibit asserts Bible, science not at odds

The Museum of the Bible has launched an exhibit showing how religion and science cooperate, hoping to debunk the "myth" that science and Scripture are at odds.

January 19, 2023

Texas police backpedal after gift certificate from ‘Christian Nationalist’ phone company criticized

A donation of pizzas to a Texas police department triggered an online backlash that caused the cops to "take a knee" instead, the firm offering the gift said Tuesday.

January 18, 2023

‘Holy Land in a box’ subscription brings Israeli products to American homes

Every three months, Israeli entrepreneur Itai Schimmel ships a bit of the Holy Land to thousands of evangelical Christians in America.

January 18, 2023

Christian persecution rising in Africa, North Korea, advocacy group says

Persecution of Christians is rising in sub-Saharan Africa, threatening a "vast humanitarian catastrophe" for the continent, a support group for victimized Christians said Tuesday.

January 17, 2023

Faith-based schools win as federal court tosses gay students’ lawsuit over Title IX exemptions

Students at colleges and universities operating on religious principles concerning marriage, sexual identity and gender won't be blocked from receiving federal aid, the U.S. District Court in Oregon ruled this week.

January 13, 2023

Catholic charity asks Wisconsin court to declare it ‘religious’ after labor board says no

A Roman Catholic charity has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to declare it a religious organization, something the state's unemployment bureau has fought for several years.

January 12, 2023

Survivor of 2022 Texas synagogue standoff says healing continues after attack

A year after being held hostage in a Texas synagogue, Jeffrey Cohen says he and three other survivors are still recovering from the trauma of the 11-hour standoff between law enforcement and an Islamist gunman.

January 12, 2023

Cardinal George Pell, Vatican CFO whose abuse conviction was overturned, dies at age 81

Cardinal George Pell, the former head of finances for the Vatican who later served more than a year in an Australian prison on sex abuse charges that were later quashed, died Tuesday night in a Rome hospital, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney confirmed.

January 10, 2023

D.C.’s bloody start to new year inspires anti-violence campaign with biblical message

D.C. community leaders are enlisting the Sixth Commandment -- "Thou Shalt Not kill" -- as part of a campaign to combat a surge of deadly violence that has claimed six lives to start the new year, doubling the total from the same period last year.

January 10, 2023

‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ posters to go up in nation’s capital

An ancient message will be deployed Tuesday in Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia neighborhood in hopes of stemming a rising tide of gun violence that resulted in 203 homicides in 2022, a community leader said.

January 10, 2023

COVID-19 ravaged worship attendance, but affiliation steady, study finds

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a decline in attendance at religious services, particularly among those with a "weak" commitment to regular worship attendance, a unit of the American Enterprise Institute reported Thursday.

January 6, 2023

Top salaries for Christian ministry leaders revealed in survey of IRS filings

Salaries for several leaders of Christian nonprofit ministries reached into the six- and seven-figure range from 2019 to 2021, according to a study released Thursday by MinistryWatch, a transparency and accountability advocacy group.

January 5, 2023

Billboards blast New York Times for ‘attacking’ state’s Orthodox Jewish schools, community

The billboards ask the paper to "please stop attacking our community."

January 4, 2023

Amid hijab protests, Christianity expands foothold in Iran, two experts say

Two expatriate Christians say a spiritual transformation is underway in Iran, fueled part by sustained protests over the Sept. 22 death of Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian student who died in the custody of the Islamist regime's "morality police" allegedly for improperly wearing the mandatory head covering for women known as the hijab.

January 4, 2023

Higher Ground: Honoring the life of Pope Benedict XVI

The first pope in 600 years to resign his office, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, died early Saturday at the age of 95, days after Pope Francis told a Vatican audience his predecessor "is very ill" and needed prayer.

January 3, 2023