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Headline Christian & Other Religious News FOR THIS WEEK

Did you catch these top headlines in the news?

Faith IN POLITICS...

· A savage attack in our nation’s capital

· More people in the US military are going to church.

· The new head of a federal panel deciding childhood vaccination schedules is a medical missionary who once called mRNA technology "the biggest threat to humanity."

· Trump admin targets anti-Christian violence with new visa crackdown policy following Nigeria attacks

· CBS News hosting prime-time ‘town hall’ with Erika Kirk, widow of activist Charlie Kirk

· Gov. Hochul, Mamdani Could Clash Over Worship Buffer Zones

· The Supreme Court heard arguments about whether New Jersey violated faith-based pregnancy centers’ First Amendment rights.

· Clean words and clean witness in the White House

· Away from the manger: Church sparks controversy with ICE nativity scene

· Illinois church Nativity shows baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents

· Christian Zionism isn’t just for dispensationalists

· Prominent evangelical calls Tucker Carlson’s anti-Israel comments ‘worse than Nazi Party’

· Barron Trump 'close' to becoming Christian, pastor says

· Seven States Could Vote on Abortion in 2026

· Judge Blocks Trump From Defunding Planned Parenthood in 22 States

· Military Abortions Drop to Lowest Levels in 5 Years Under Trump

· CDC Won’t Release Updated Abortion Figures Until Next Year

· Christian Student Wins Battle to Start Pro-Life Group at Her College

· Quebec is considering a sweeping "secularism" bill that would ban public prayer at universities, subsidies for religious schools, and wearing religious symbols.

· Europe’s crusade against Christians

· Conservative Anglicans break with Church of England

· In England’s darkness, remember the Oxford Martyrs

Faith IN CULTURE...

· Jesus actor says 'lifelong atheists' are converting to Christianity after watching his TV show

· Hollywood actor Kevin Costner says 'It's a chance to refocus' as he stars in new Nativity TV special. (Kevin Costner says acting career began in church)

· Young women are leaving the Church for a reason. Men, let's do better.

· What would religion in America look like if the country was a town of 100 people?

· Graham to Newsmax: Gift Program for Kids Shows God's Love

· Catholics Debate Mary's Spiritual Role as Christmas Nears

· Moral Relativism Promises Liberation, Delivers Only Anarchy

· What is the second-most “sinful city” in America?

· YouTube lists defining cultural trends of 2025.

· Trading TikTok for Time with God—and Each Other

· YouVersion reveals 2025 ‘verse of the year’ as global Bible use soars

· On a school trip, their daughter’s assigned bedmate was a boy

· Pastor announces gender transition mid-service

· A Biola film professor introduces 12 overlooked movies that should be on your Christmas watch list this year.

· How to love your neighbor through networking.

· The history of Saint Nicholas from printmaker Ned Bustard.

· The Lilly Endowment announced hundreds of millions in grants to Christian seminaries and universities.

· Theo of Golden, a debut novel by Christian author Allen Levi, lands on The New York Times paperback bestseller list.

· Read a girl's letter to Santa from 1883.

· A New York church got in a legal fight over a retreat-center property in the Catskills that turned into a vegetable farm.

· An Oklahoma University student has alleged religious discrimination after getting a failing grade on a psychology paper defending biblical distinctions between men and women.

· Five hundred years ago, the first Bible with a map of the Holy Land printed it backward, "simultaneously one of publishing’s greatest failures and triumphs."

· Between poetry, theology, and even a children’s book, there is something for everyone on editor at-large Russell Moore’s favorite-books-of-the-year list.

· Wikipedia's most-read articles of 2025.

· Ancient authors remind us of the transformative love of Jesus, argues Nadya Williams in Christians Reading Classics.

· Pro-life nuns join effort to send Christmas cards to every abortion facilitator in the country

· Abortion Activists Caught Taking 15-Year-Old Girl for Secret Abortion