Right-wing media attack James Talarico for his Christian faith and beliefs: “He’s not a minister, he’s blasphemous” Media Matters for America
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Conservative Anglican leaders have restructured their organization, signaling a break from the traditions of the historic Anglican Communion as they seek to reorder the 400-year-old church group.
The Global Anglican Future Conference, or Gafcon, dissolved its Gafcon Primates Council and replaced it with the Global Anglican Council.
The new council will include primates, advisers and guarantors, made up of bishops, clergy and lay members, each with full voting privileges, Gafcon general secretary The Right Reverend Paul Donison said in a statement.
James Talarico, a Texas lawmaker, won the Democratic race to run for U.S. Senate. As a Democrat, he strongly supports abortion. What has surprised many Texans is not just his position, but the way he defends it. He says the Bible supports his view.
Talarico grew up in a Christian Presbyterian church and often talks about his faith. But his explanation of Scripture ignores what the Bible teaches about the value of Life, especially the lives of babies in the womb.
Around the time the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing Texas to protect preborn children, Talarico preached a sermon that focused almost entirely on abortion.
Key Takeaways
- Former Calvin University professor Joe Kuilema was terminated for officiating a same-sex wedding, prompting him to file a lawsuit alleging associational and retaliatory discrimination.
- Calvin University, a private Christian institution that opposes same-sex marriage based on its doctrinal beliefs, maintains that its expectations for faculty conduct align with these religious values, asserting its right to make employment decisions consistent with its beliefs.
- The case raises significant questions about the interpretation of civil rights laws concerning associational discrimination, as Kuilema seeks clarification from the Michigan Supreme Court.
(LifeSiteNews) — On this same issue of homosexuality as presented in Part 4 of this series, we must also consider what has been taking place publicly with bishops throughout the world, and with Pope Leo XIV, in recent months. Two examples follow.
First, the German bishops. On October 30, 2025, the German Bishops’ Conference released the document “Created, Redeemed and Loved: Visibility and Recognition of the Diversity of Sexual Identities in the School,” which boldly asserts that “the diversity of sexual identities is a fact,” and instructs that in Catholic schools, teachers not only must accept whatever gender with which a student identifies, but also must address students with gender-affirming pronouns. Moreover, teachers are required to present Catholic teaching on human sexuality as “disputed” and open to debate. As Dr. Steven Mosher, President of Population Research Institute, noted:
[W]hile the Vatican has, in the past, repeatedly condemned gender ideology as an attack on the God-given differences between men and women, as well as on the anthropological foundation of the family, it has taken no disciplinary action against the German episcopate for promoting it.[1]
SAN ANTONIO — Texas state Rep. James Talarico‘s Senate bid is offering a vision of Christianity that fits comfortably within the Left — and giving Democrats uneasy with religion permission to engage with it on their own terms.
Talarico’s campaign blended prayer, pop music, and progressive politics at a rally in San Antonio on Sunday. A maxed capacity crowd turned out to Stable Hall, a San Antonio music venue, for the event which began with 10 minutes of “community building” — where attendees were encouraged to get to know those standing to their left and right.
The socializing was followed by a pastor taking the stage to warm up the crowd.
CNN is known for feeding red meat — perhaps blue meat? — to their left-of-center followers by showing them “scary” content about the other side of the aisle.
From wall-to-wall Jan. 6 coverage to constant whining about President Donald Trump, CNN is one of the most notorious purveyors of leftist narrative framing.
Now the propaganda machine is churning out new content about “Christian Nationalism” — the apparently radical idea that America is a historically Christian people, and would be blessed by honoring God and His Word.
Urges political scientists to ‘queer’ their discipline by ‘undoing the cisheteronormative assumptions’
The University of Oxford Department of Politics & International Relations “rounded off” its celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month (February in the U.K.) by interviewing Aylon Cohen, a “departmental lecturer in feminist political theory who’s also written on “queer-feminist theory,” “affect studies,” and “non-human political theory.”
Cohen said he’s currently at work on two “interrelated projects,” one involving “how the criminalization of sodomy and the policing of men’s bodily relations shaped the emergence of fraternity as an political ideal of equality,” and the other on how alleged authoritarian governments “mobilize gender and sexuality as strategies to consolidate power.”
A 25-year-old man from Spring, Texas is jailed without bond, charged with aggravated assault after authorities say he secretly gave abortion medication to a pregnant woman against her will, causing the death of their unborn child.
Jon Rueben Gabriel Demeter faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury — family violence. Authorities indicated possible additional or enhanced charges pending further evidence processing.
The child, named Presley Mae by her mother, was stillborn at a hospital in The Woodlands.
The SSPX has announced it will proceed with episcopal consecrations on July 1, defying Vatican objections and declaring the Church in a state of emergency. Cardinal Robert Sarah and Cardinal Walter Brandmüller have issued public rebukes, demanding obedience to Pope Leo. Bishop Athanasius Schneider has offered support. The battle lines are drawn, not over rebellion, but over whether the crisis within the Church justifies extraordinary measures to preserve the priesthood and the faith.
Pope Leo’s recent episcopal appointments have placed men supportive of same-sex blessings into positions of authority, elevated figures entangled in Freemasonry controversies, and advanced leaders shaped by Germany’s Synodal Way. The pattern is not accidental. It is a deliberate reshaping of the hierarchy in Rome’s own image.
Abortion bans will expose women giving birth to “44 to 70 times higher than the mortality risk from abortion,” according to a new study from the University of Maryland and Brown University.
The lead author, Maria Steenland, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, claims, “Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.”
But what is the new evidence their analysis is based on?
WASHINGTON — One of the most dangerous places for Christians worldwide is Nigeria. More than a decade of deadly violence has drawn international scrutiny, prompted U.S. military action, and fueled debate over whether Africa’s most populous nation is facing genocide.
In an exclusive interview with CBN News, Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, pushed back on claims that Christians are being systematically exterminated.
“I don’t think so,” Tinubu offered repeatedly when asked whether genocide is taking place. Instead, she described the violence as rooted in long-standing regional conflicts, poverty, terrorism, and political instability — particularly as the country approaches an election year in 2027.
The state of New York is actively engaging in a rebellion.
I’m not just talking about its refusal to enforce federal immigration law, harboring and exporting violent illegal aliens to other states like Jose Ibarra, who was freed on cashless bail by the Empire State before he traveled to Georgia and killed 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.
I’m talking about a refusal to follow the Constitution in a way that threatens to turn these United States into nation-states and warring entities, like the city-states of ancient Greece.
Colorado’s Democrat state legislators want to force transgenderism on parents, requiring them to affirm their child’s “gender identity” or risk losing custody.
Radical lawmakers introduced “Concerning Legal Protections for The Dignity of a Minor” (SB 26-018) on Jan. 14, and the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill, referring it to the full Senate on Feb. 18.
In its intended form, the bill requires courts to consider whether parents embrace their child’s “gender identity” when determining custody. Courts must favor parents who support their child’s “preferred name and pronouns” and push their child to receive harmful and damaging “transgender” drugs, hormones, and surgeries.
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke claimed during a Thursday hearing that pornography could be “educational” for “queer” children while arguing against a law requiring age verification to access adult web sites.
The legislation HF 1434, would require age verification for sites deemed “harmful to minors,” with sites failing to do so being subject to civil action from the state attorney general and private citizens. Finke, a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman, claimed current sex education was not being provided for LGBT youth.
“The AGs in many states are, are very clear about that they’re almost jubilant about being able to use these laws to ban young people from accessing content that could be educational if they are queer,” Finke claimed during the Thursday hearing. “And you’re a principal, you have LGBT students in your school, and we also know that they’re not receiving sex education for queer kids. We know that. Prurient interest could be for many people the very existence of transgender kids. More and more people are saying there simply are no transgender kids.”
The Anglican Communion and the Church of England have faced significant challenges in modern times, with the church grappling with how to stay relevant while also preserving traditions for its more conservative members.
The debate surrounding gay marriage was an extremely divisive topic, with a 10-year debate resulting in the rejection of same-sex seremonies in 2023. Now, the Church of England has voted again against standalone ceremonies for homosexual couples at its general council.
The bishops concluded that theological and legal obstacles prevented the introduction of separate ceremonies, and so they were excluded from church practice, writes Hetek.hu.
(LifeSiteNews) — The European Parliament has voted in favor of a resolution condemning Turkey’s expulsion of Christian missionaries.
On February 12, the EU legislative body adopted the text by 502 votes in favor, two against, and 59 abstentions, demonstrating broad cross-party consensus on the issue.
The resolution said Turkey is expelling Christians missionaries under an opaque “national security” pretext. It urged the government to uphold freedom of religion and allow the expelled Christians to return to the country.
You cannot peacefully coexist with those who openly seek your destruction.
Muslim daily prayer:
“Oh Allah, kill every Jew, Christian and American”
There have been a number of videos posted with loud—and early—calls of submission. Eli Shepherd at RedState: A tweet making the rounds this week shows video of the Islamic call to prayer, the Adhan, echoing through New York City streets at dawn. Five in the morning. Amplified. Projected over neighborhoods that still carry the scars of September 11, 2001. That date is not ancient history. It is living memory…. The Adhan is not ambient background music. It is a declaration. The phrase “Allahu Akbar” means “God is greatest.” It is a theological claim. It is a call to submission. Practicing Muslims understand this. That is not controversial. That is simply fact. Now imagine living in lower Manhattan. Imagine hearing that broadcast before sunrise, rolling through concrete and glass, over a skyline where nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in an attack carried out in the name of that same phrase. Context matters. Memory matters. And if that memory is ingrained in my mind, being in 6th grade and states away at the time, I can’t imagine where it sits for those in the city (Red State).
This is a mosque in New York.
They blast Islamic calls to prayer five times a day, the earliest one at 5 am.
This is what everyone has to wake up to!
Fulani Terrorists Kill 33 Christians in 72 Hours in Benue Truth Nigeria
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WASHINGTON – This month marks four years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Casualties are on track to exceed two million this year, two-thirds of them from Russia.
Kyiv warns that the fight to regain control isn’t limited to the battlefield. It’s also playing out through Moscow’s ties to a branch of the Orthodox Church, which the Ukrainian government is now moving to sever.
“The activity of (the) Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate is not prohibited in Ukraine,” explained Viktor Yelenskyy, who oversees religious affairs for the government.
“(The) Ukrainian government asked (the) Ukrai
California Governor Gavin Newsom is clearly running for president and — surprise, surprise — has a new memoir coming out. In an interview about the book, he recounted attending his mother’s hastened death. From the Washington Post story:
It was the spring of 2002 when Gavin Newsom’s mother, Tessa, dying of cancer, stunned him with a voicemail. If he wanted to see her again, she told him, it would need to be before the following Thursday, when she planned to end her life.
Newsom, then a 34-year-old San Francisco supervisor, did not try to dissuade her, he recounted in an interview with The Washington Post. The fast-rising politician was racked with guilt from being distant and busy as she dealt with the unbearable pain of the breast cancer spreading through her body.
When they tell you who and what they are, believe them.
Muslim Brotherhood TV host explains under what circumstances Christian girls can be raped.
“Allah allows Muslim men to rape non-Muslim women to humiliate them.” pic.twitter.com/9C5TLOSFAF
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 8, 2026
UK: With Islamic clergy and leaders justifying the rape of British women who don’t wear hijabs, it is vital for British women not to walk the streets alone, especially at night. They are not safe. https://t.co/ORVecfc0I6 pic.twitter.com/lPszEqkUvy
— @amuse (@amuse) February 8, 2026
Muslims have issued threats to burn Notre-Dame Cathedral unless French authorities release Ibrahim Alissaoui, the Islamist terrorist who murdered three people in France. The threat underscores the ongoing campaign of Islamic intimidation directed at Christian symbols in Europe, where churches have repeatedly been targeted in attacks linked to jihadist ideology. French authorities are treating the threats as terrorism-related and have increased security around major religious sites.
Embattled professor told The Fix she is ‘fully committed to maintaining an environment of academic freedom where a plurality of voices can flourish’
The University of Notre Dame is defending its controversial decision to appoint a pro-abortion scholar to a leadership post, telling The College Fix the embattled professor is well-respected and also understands the institution supports the pro-life cause.
Susan Ostermann is “a highly regarded political scientist and legal scholar whose insightful research on regulatory compliance — from forestry conservation in India and Nepal to NSF-funded disaster mitigation in the U.S. territories — demonstrates the rigorous, interdisciplinary expertise required to lead the Liu Institute,” Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, said in a prepared statement.
Warnings that London secondary schools may soon be forced to close due to falling pupil numbers are the latest visible consequence of a much deeper demographic problem. While policymakers routinely point to housing costs, economic insecurity, and delayed parenthood, one central factor remains persistently under-examined: the long-term impact of abortion on Britain’s birth rate.
London Councils have warned that demand for Year 7 places is now falling faster than demand for Reception places for the first time on record. Over the next four years, pupil numbers entering secondary schools in the capital are expected to drop by almost four percent, with inner London facing even sharper declines. Because schools are funded per pupil, the result is likely to be mergers, closures, staff reductions, and a narrowing of curriculum options.
A California doctor is being sued by a Father in Texas for aiding and abetting the murder of his two unborn babies. The doctor is alleged to have mailed the murder pills to the mother’s now estranged husband, who pressured her to take the pills to kill the unborn children
The man, Jerry Rodriguez, is suing California Dr. Remy Coeytaux who allegedly illegally mailed the drug, mifepristone, to the mother’s now-estranged husband. The complaint reads, “Coeytaux directly committed murder under section 19.02(b)(1) because he ‘intentionally and knowingly caused the death’ of Mr. Rodriguez’s unborn child by delivering abortion pills that he knew would be used in an illegal self-managed abortion.”
TX Dad Sues CA Abortion Pill Supplier For Death Of His Babies – thefederalist.com
A Texas father is suing a California doctor for alleging aiding and abetting the murder of two of his unborn babies by illegally mailing mifepristone to the estranged husband of the man’s girlfriend.
Jerry Rodriguez is the first Texan to take advantage of the Lone Star State’s new law, which permits residents to sue out-of-state mifepristone prescribers, manufacturers, and distributors, such as pharmacies, for “an amount of not less than $100,000” for each violation of the Texas’ ban on abortion drugs.
The Texas legislature designed the law, which passed in September and went into effect in December, to combat the influx of Democrat states shielding abortion drug traffickers who use radically expanded mail-order mifepristone allowances to illegally ship abortion pills to people in pro-life states. Enforcement of the statute is modeled after Texas’ successful 2021 heartbeat bill, which virtually eliminated abortion in the state by allowing anyone outside of the government to bring a civil action against anyone who performs or aids and abets ending a life in the womb.
In his suit, Rodriguez alleged California Dr. Remy Coeytaux illicitly mailed the mifepristone that ended his unborn babies’ lives on two separate occasions.
“Coeytaux directly committed murder under section 19.02(b)(1) because he ‘intentionally and knowingly caused the death’ of Mr. Rodriguez’s unborn child by delivering abortion pills that he knew would be used in an illegal self-managed abortion,” the complaint states.
The lawsuit also suggested the abortion drug manufacturers and distributors will also be named as defendants because they are “jointly and severally liable for the wrongful death of Mr. Rodriguez’s unborn child.”
Rodriguez and his girlfriend Kendal Garza first became pregnant in July 2024. The complaint claims Garza was “happy about the pregnancy and told Mr. Rodriguez that she planned to give birth.” Garza’s estranged husband, however, was allegedly displeased with this decision and reportedly used his information and his debit card to secure $150 worth of abortion pills from Coeytaux via Venmo.
Garza allegedly downed the pills in September 2024 after she was “pressured her to kill the baby with the drugs obtained from Coeytaux.”
Approximately 10 percent of women who ingest mifepristone reportedly suffer a serious adverse event such as hemorrhage or infection. Similarly, a majority of abortions, nearly 70 percent, are believed to be unwanted, coerced, or inconsistent with the mother’s values and desires. A slew of lawsuits suggest many women have suffered abuse, abortion pill poisonings, and coerced abortions due to mifepristone prescribers and distributors’ flouting of Texas’ and other pro-life states’ abortion pill bans.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved Mifeprex label warns that a mother whose pregnancy is further along than the recommended 10 weeks should not take mifepristone because her risk of complications is so high. Yet, the lawsuit states Garza was more than 10 weeks pregnant at the time she took the abortion drug.
By October 2024, Garza was pregnant by Rodriguez again. The lawsuit claims she was “again happy about the pregnancy and told Mr. Rodrigez that she planned to give birth to their child, a son.” Garza and Rodriguez even allegedly attended a doctor’s appointment where they saw their unborn baby, a son, via ultrasound.
By January, Garza used the pills her estranged husband bought to complete a “self-managed abortion even though she was nearly three months pregnant and even though Mr. Rodriguez pleaded with her not to do it.” The lawsuit states Garza allegedly “had to cut the baby boy’s umbilical cord and bury him.”
Rodriguez is not only seeking damages for the wrongful death of both of his children, but also asks the court to issue an injunction “to stop Coeytaux from distributing abortion-inducing drugs in violation of Texas law.” Rodriguez’s counsel was careful to note that Texas law requires the state to fend off any “revenge lawsuit” Coeytaux, with the backing of California, might file against the father.
Coeytaux, an affiliate of abortion drug dealer Aid Access, was one of several mifepristone named in cease and desist orders from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in August 2025. Paxton not only demanded the parties “immediately cease” their illegal abortion drug trafficking scheme, but threatened “further legal action, lawsuits seeking injunctive relief, and civil penalties of no less than $100,000 per violation under Texas law.”
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In a taste of what’s to come, Switzerland’s Zurich city is leading the way in euthanasia law. Not only is it relatively easy to get assisted suicides in Zurich, now, EVERY elder care facility MUST have a suicide room, even if the religious ones. The initiative appears to be well-supported by the community.
City of Zurich will mandate assisted suicide option in every care home, including religious ones – lifesitenews.com
(Euthanasia Prevention Coalition) — Swissinfo.ch reported on February 2 that the Swiss Canton of Zurich is in favour of requiring assisted suicide in all hospitals and retirement homes but not in psychiatric facilities and prisons.
The Swissinfo article reported:
The cantonal government is generally in favour of assisted suicide in all retirement and nursing homes. It has drawn up a corresponding counter-proposal to the initiative “Self-determination at the end of life in retirement and nursing homes too.” This would mean that all homes would have to tolerate assisted suicide in the future.
READ: Disabled Canadian man chooses euthanasia due to loneliness, ‘psychosocial suffering’
This proposal, which requires every care home to provide assisted suicide, does not extend to psychiatric facilities and prisons. The article further explains:
The popular initiative challenges a cantonal decision in October 2022 that not all care homes should allow assisted suicide on their premises, but only those with a service mandate from a municipality. This considers religious care homes, that often reject euthanasia.