JWI1004_Religious_Liberty_Threats_AM_v1_HD1080_0_249 WASHINGTON – During the last four years the Trump administration made the protection and enhancement of religious liberty a top priority. Many people of faith wonder whether President Biden will stay that course or follow the direction of the Obama administration.    “What will America look like…

PART 1 ASPIRING TO BE A WITNESS FOR CHRIST INTRODUCTION For most of us, isn’t this what we aspire, i.e., to become a witness for Christ? But what does it mean to be a witness for Christ? I’m sure it means different things to different Christians. Some would…

Kent and Morgan Shields could not initially get a plumber to come to their Garden Oaks home, where pipes froze and then burst in their garage and also in their pool. And they had trouble finding the materials they needed to cut off the water flow to those…

CNA Staff, Feb 24, 2021 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- Archbishop Aurel Percă has never led his archdiocese in normal times. He was installed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucharest on Jan. 11, 2020, shortly before the coronavirus pandemic engulfed Romania.  In his first year in office, the 69-year-old…

The Romanian Greek Catholic Church is one of the 23 autonomous Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome. Its head, Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, is one of only four Catholic leaders worldwide to hold the title “Major Archbishop.”  Percă said that in general relations between Catholics and Romanian Orthodox Christians were…

A woman walks past a mural of Pope Francis on a wall surrounding a church in Baghdad Feb. 22, 2021. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Khalid al-Mousily, Reuters)Notwithstanding significant risks related to security and the pandemic, Pope Francis will visit Iraq from March 5…

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Funny enough, as I get older music seems to becoming more and more important to me. But I don’t think that’s because my tastes are changing; I think it’s because I’m coming to see more and more the power of what music can do in and to us.Music,…

By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Saturday, February 20, 2021 Getty Images The majority of black adults in the U.S. believe that to understand the African American experience, it’s necessary to understand the role of religious faith in black people’s lives, a new study has…

Our world is filled with events and situations that can cause great fear and anxiety. It’s easy to become overwhelmed and live imprisoned by fear.  We are promised in God’s Word that he is faithful and will protect us (2 Thessalonians 3:3).  God wants us to let go…