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Muslim Gunmen Massacre at Least 40 Christians in Nigeria on Palm Sunday, 113 Killed Since March– www.cbn.com

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At least 40 people were killed in a brutal attack on a Christian farming community in north-central Nigeria late Sunday night, according to President Bola Tinubu. The attackers, who were reported as being Muslim gunmen, struck on Palm Sunday in the Zike community, located in Bassa, Plateau State.

Open Doors reports this latest attack brings the death toll to around 113 people who have been killed in an ongoing spate of attacks in Plateau State since the end of March. The watchdog group reports Muslim Fulani militants have attacked at least eight communities, destroying more than 300 homes and displacing 3,000 people.

In the last few weeks, the militants killed 3 Christians who were in the middle of farming their land, 11 Christians who had gathered for a funeral – including a pregnant woman and a ten-year-old girl – and at least five Christian women who had gathered for fellowship.

In the Palm Sunday attack, Andy Yakubu, a resident of Zike, said homes were looted and set ablaze during the onslaught, and the death toll could exceed 50. At the last count, an Open Doors contact reported, “43 people were killed, several houses were burnt down with people inside.”

State Dept uses employees to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ within agency | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser April 14, 2025 0

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The State Department will cooperate with a government-wide task force to collect information “involving anti-religious bias during the last presidential administration.”

The Trump administration has directed State Department employees to report incidents of alleged “anti-Christian bias” among their colleagues, as part of a broader initiative to support Christian employees across the federal government.

According to an internal cable obtained by Politico, the State Department will cooperate with a government-wide task force to collect information “involving anti-religious bias during the last presidential administration” and will document examples of anti-Christian bias via anonymous employee reports.

The cable was sent to embassies worldwide under Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s name. A department-wide notice was also sent out detailing the instructions.

Trump Will Celebrate Jesus on Easter After Biden Turn Holy Week Into Trans Holiday– www.lifenews.com

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President Donald Trump will mark Holy Week with a series of events aimed at honoring Easter “with the observance it deserves,” a move the White House is framing as a contrast to the Biden administration’s controversial decision to proclaim Easter Sunday 2024 as Transgender Day of Visibility.

The White House Faith Office, newly established under Trump’s administration, has organized what it calls an “extraordinary” weeklong celebration leading up to Easter Sunday.

“The newly created White House Faith Office is grateful to share that President Trump will honor and celebrate Holy Week and Easter with the observance it deserves,” Jennifer Korn, faith director of the White House Faith Office, told Fox News Digital.

Police arrest U.K. parents for criticizing school leaders in private social media group – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com

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Police arrest U.K. parents for criticizing school leaders in private social media group – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com
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The increasingly authoritarian nature of the British government is back in the spotlight this week after news broke that police arrested, interrogated, and jailed parents in Hertfordshire, England, for complaining about school policy and criticizing school leaders in a private group chat.

All this comes as the town’s new constable is set to release a report on the incident.

It all started in May 2024, when Maxie Allen, whose daughter Sascha, 9, was attending Cowley Hill Primary School, contacted the chair of governors of the school to question the hiring process of its new head teacher. Allen noted that despite the former head teacher having retired six months earlier, the school had not publicly posted the job and had instead given it to the former deputy head teacher.

Allen says that the chair’s response was “evasive,” so he sent a letter to all the school governors asking about the decision not to open recruitment to other candidates.

Allen posted the letter in a private WhatsApp parents’ group.

The next month, Jackie Spriggs, who is the chair of governors, wrote a letter to parents claiming that parents were using WhatsApp “to make inflammatory and defamatory comments about senior leaders in the school.”

Majority of US Catholics now support same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion, Pew research finds– www.lifesitenews.com

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Majority of US Catholics now support same-sex ‘marriage’ and abortion, Pew research finds– www.lifesitenews.com
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(Corpus Christi for Unity and Peace) — The U.S. Catholic Church stands at a crossroads, marked by an aging flock, a growing immigrant presence, and a devastating erosion of faith and morals.

The Pew Religious Landscape Study (RLS) for Catholics from 2007, 2014, and 2023-24 offers a sobering glimpse into this crisis for traditional Catholics rooted in the Magisterium’s truths: for every 100 Catholics entering, 800 Catholics leave, prayer is declining, belief in God is plummeting, and a super majority supports issues deemed morally evil by the Church – demographically propped up by immigrants yet spiritually adrift.

While the sharp declines from 2007 to 2014 have slowed by 2023-24, the downward trend persists, demanding urgent reflection.

President Trump Invites Faith Leaders From Across America To White House For Prayer– wltreport.com

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President Trump Invites Faith Leaders From Across America To White House For Prayer– wltreport.com
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President Donald Trump has been seen by many Americans as a respite from the supposedly devout Joe Biden’s apparent assault on the faith community.

This week, a group of faith leaders from across the nation gathered at the White House to participate in a prayer on behalf of the Trump administration.

As the Washington Examiner reported:

The White House invited multiple faith leaders from across the nation to visit the Oval Office on Wednesday, where they were given the chance to pray for President Donald Trump and his leadership.

The Trump administration uploaded a photo on X of the leaders visiting the president, gathered around Trump as he sat at his desk. William Wolfe, the executive director of the Center for Baptist Leadership, was among the attendees who prayed for the president.

Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth – Religion Unplugged

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Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth – Religion Unplugged
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Half of U.S. Protestant pastors say their churches are growing but some warning signs remain about their congregational future.

U.S. Protestant churches are almost evenly split between those that have grown within the past two years and those that are plateaued or declining, according to an Exponential study by Lifeway Research.

Around half of the congregations (52%) increased their worship service attendance by at least 4% in the past two years. The other 48% of churches have either remained within plus or minus 4% since 2022 (33%) or declined by at least 4% (15%).

“Clearly, the last two years of attendance growth was aided by people returning to regular attendance after being away since the start of the pandemic,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. “Most pastors wish they had returned earlier, but their attendance is a source of optimism, though future growth will need to come from brand new contacts.”

Trump Urged to Designate Nigeria as a ‘Concern’ for Christian Persecution – Decision Magazine

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Trump Urged to Designate Nigeria as a ‘Concern’ for Christian Persecution – Decision Magazine
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he House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC).

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, presented House Resolution 220, which expresses “the need to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern,” during a committee hearing on the matter March 12. A CPC is a country designated on a special watch list of countries where citizens face “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.”

In the hearing, Smith explained the history of Nigeria’s inclusion and removal in the CPC.

“In December 2020, President Trump designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern only to be reversed without justification by Secretary Blinken in November of 2021,” Smith said. “Religious leaders in Nigeria were outraged by Secretary Blinken’s decision.” He referred to Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza, who challenged Nigeria’s removal and stated that Christian persecution is “more intense than ever.”

Nina Shea, senior fellow and director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, described the terror group responsible for most of the persecution in Nigeria.