by WorldTribune Staff, August 27, 2019 Before Islamic State (ISIS) unleashed its reign of terror in Iraq, there were 15,000 Christians in Mosul, the Muslim-majority nation’s third-largest city. By July of 2019, only about 40 Christians have returned to Mosul according to the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Two years ago, ISIS […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 22, 2019 In his keynote address at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 18, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that “83 percent of the world’s population live in nations where religious freedom is either threatened or denied entirely.” Pompeo stressed: “You can be sure that the United […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 19, 2019 The corporate media, assorted celebrities and academia are engaged in “an effort to marginalize and silence and shame Christians” in the United States, “astor Andrew Brunson said. Brunson, who was released from a prison in Turkey in October 2018 following pressure on the Turkish government from the Trump administration, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2019 Activism among players on the U.S. women’s World Cup championship team is well established. Team captain Megan Rapinoe, who calls herself a “walking protest” against the Trump administration, accused President Donald Trump of “excluding people” in a July 9 interview on CNN. “Your message is excluding people. You’re excluding […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2019 In an address to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s 2019 Road to Majority Policy Conference on June 26, President Donald Trump said his administration is “fighting for all Americans and we are embracing the faith community. When I asked for your support in 2016, Americans of faith were under […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Joe Schaeffer Proponents of unchecked abortion in the United States are clearly losing momentum as several states enact laws to protect human life inside the womb. Bills banning abortion once a heartbeat can be detected have passed in Georgia, Alabama and Missouri in recent weeks, and pro-life legislation has advanced in several […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 9, 2019 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and His Ten Commandments were acknowledged in unrelated developments in California and Illinois Over the objections of the ACLU and 19 outspoken critics at a debate on the issue, the Bakersfield City Council on June 5 approved a proposal to add […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2019 Rev. Franklin Graham is calling on pastors nationwide to lead their congregations in praying for President Donald Trump. Graham wrote in a May 26 Facebook post: “Along with 250+ Christian leaders, I am asking followers of Christ across our nation to set aside next Sunday, June 2, as a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 13, 2019 Despite freedom of religion being enshrined in the First Amendment, many today “have little tolerance for traditional Christian beliefs,” Vice President Mike Pence said on May 11 in a commencement address at Liberty University. Pence told the graduates: “Because we live in a time when it’s become acceptable and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — From the appalling murders of 300 Sri Lankan Christians celebrating Easter, to the killings of Coptic Egyptians, Syrian Catholics, and Nigerian faithful, the grisly wave of anti-Christian violence worldwide is rising. Add the formal state repression of Christianity in places like China, North Korea and […]
