For example, this pandemic appears to be greatly affecting both marriage and divorce rates.

Sixteen people were killed and a Catholic church burned down when Islamic terrorists attacked a village in the African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Protesters rallied at the Edmonton Remand Center yesterday to protest the ongoing lockup of Pastor James Coates, The GraceLife Church minister who remains quarantined in a maximum-security prison. Coates is the first religious leader to be arrested for preaching in Canada in nearly 200 years...

Two days before the storm began, Houston’s chief elected official warned her constituents to prepare as they would for a major hurricane. Many took heed...But few foresaw the fiasco that was to come. They could not be prepared.

....As a recent story in the Los Angeles Times put it, “California is emerging as the de facto policy think tank of the Biden-Harris administration.” If that’s right, the next four years bode ill for the free exercise of religion.

The pastor of a church in Canada remains in police custody on Saturday after being charged with violating Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his bail conditions.

And astonished Christians ask “why?”

President Joe Biden urged Congress Friday to “swiftly pass” the Equality Act, setting him squarely on a collision course with the U.S. Catholic Bishops.

It’s amazing that this even needs to be said. The imprisonment of Pastor James Coates is actual persecution.

...Social media has given rise to countless benefits in our society...But social media can also be the rocket fuel poured on the smoldering embers of malice, discontent, and dissension that have long plagued our public life. In recent years, they have ignited over the politicization of every aspect of our lives. 

Some Texans have received massive electric bills following winter storms that delivered snow and record subzero temperatures to the state. Bills exceeding $17,000 were reported around Dallas due to skyrocketing demand for power during freezing conditions....

...Once the bureaucrats and politicians can tell a church, private school, or faith-based non-profit what they must do, it will be a short step to their being told what they can and cannot teach. That will be the final nail in the First Amendment’s coffin.

...Amongst other things, the Conversion and Suppression Practices Bill criminalizes any prayers or conversations in which one person aims to persuade another that pursuing certain sexual activity is not the best course of action.

....we are hearing about the two largest groups who have not returned to in-person service. These groups are mentioned consistently when we hear from church leaders.