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UK pro-lifers celebrate overturning of Roe v Wade

Staff writer Sat 25 Jun 2022 9:55 BST

"My hope and my prayer is that, on this side of the Atlantic, we here in the United Kingdom will listen to what has taken place in the US and that we too would become a nation that is pro-life."

Missouri is first US state to ban abortion after historic Roe v Wade decision

Staff writer | Fri 24 Jun 2022 17:14 BST

Missouri has become the first US state to ban abortion following Friday's decision by the Supreme Court to strike down Roe v Wade.
'Monumental day for justice' as US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

Staff writer | Fri 24 Jun 2022 16:02 BST

Pro-lifers in the UK have welcomed the historic decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade.
Nearly a million abortions occurred in the US in 2020

Samantha Kamman | Fri 24 Jun 2022 9:17 BST

Over 930,000 abortions occurred in the United States in 2020, representing an increase from three years earlier, according to a research organization with historic ties to Planned Parenthood.
Report details allegations of sexual assault against CCM singer Chris Rice

Leonardo Blair | Fri 24 Jun 2022 9:03 BST

A new report details allegations of sexual misconduct against well-known contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Chris Rice, who reportedly engaged in "massages" with underage boys and invited them to stay overnight at his home.
FBI investigating attacks against pro-life clinics ahead of Roe v Wade decision

Samantha Kamman | Thu 23 Jun 2022 9:13 BST

The FBI is investigating the recent attacks and vandalism of pro-life pregnancy centers and churches as potential acts of domestic violence or extremism ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Number of Americans who believe in God dips to new low - Gallup

Anugrah Kumar | Tue 21 Jun 2022 8:34 BST

The number of Americans who say they believe in God is at its lowest since the Gallup polling firm started asking the question more than seven decades ago.
Shooting at Alabama Episcopal church small group meeting leaves 3 dead

Ryan Foley | Sun 19 Jun 2022 8:47 BST

A shooting during a potluck dinner held at an Episcopal church in Alabama Thursday left three dead, including one member who authorities confirmed Friday has succumbed to her injuries after being rushed to a local hospital.
Tim Keller's family asks for prayer as he struggles with side effects of cancer treatment

Jennifer Lee | Thu 16 Jun 2022 14:28 BST

The family of Presbyterian pastor and author Tim Keller are asking people to pray for him as he continues to receive treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Southern Baptists delay decision on Rick Warren's Saddleback Church over female pastors

Michael Gryboski | Thu 16 Jun 2022 12:29 BST

The Southern Baptist Convention has delayed a decision on whether to remove Rick Warren's Saddleback Church from the denomination in light of the California megachurch's ordination of three female pastors last year.
Bart Barber elected president of Southern Baptist Convention in runoff election

Adelle M Banks | Thu 16 Jun 2022 9:36 BST

The election was one of the closely watched aspects of the two-day meeting, during which messengers, or delegates, addressed a sexual abuse investigation.
ELCA pastor says 'Jesus screwed up', calls woman seeking help the B-word

Brandon Showalter | Sun 12 Jun 2022 22:52 BST

A Lutheran minister claimed in a recent sermon that Jesus, who was holy and never sinned, "screwed up" and called a woman a b---- in her retelling of a biblical story that some have decried as blasphemous.
Satanic Temple removed from 'Pride' event featuring 'unbaptisms'

Brandon Showalter | Sun 12 Jun 2022 22:50 BST

The Satanic Temple was stripped from the roster of an Idaho pride event on Saturday after sponsors, who were seemingly supportive of an event that also targeted impressionable children, started bowing out amid backlash for including a group that has Satan in its name.