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British counter-terrorism police said July 14 that the killing of former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe was clearly targeted, but cautioned that investigators have not yet determined a motive. “It is clear that this was a targeted attack. We are still working to understand the extent of any planning or preparation and the motivation that sits behind that attack,” Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, head of Britain's counter terrorism policing, told reporters.

An abortion-related initiative on Idaho’s November ballot could dismantle the state’s protections for unborn children and allow abortion after fetal viability in some circumstances, pro-life advocates warn. The measure, known as the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, would establish a broad “right” to reproductive freedom and identify abortion and contraception as private reproductive decisions.

A 13-year-old Christian girl is seeking a new hearing in Pakistan after a previous court ruling returned her to the custody of the 30-year-old man accused of abducting her, forcing her to convert to Islam, and marrying her against her will. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International is supporting Maria Shahbaz’s case and urging the Pakistani judiciary to reverse the earlier decision.

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is introducing legislation that would deny automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to illegal immigrants and foreign nationals who enter the country for so-called “birth tourism,” advancing a congressional response to the Supreme Court’s recent rejection of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order.

Egypt's national soccer team recited Quranic verses rejecting the divinity of Christ and the Trinity in the locker room before a World Cup match against Argentina, according to footage circulated on X and an op-ed published by Hungarian Conservative.

Ahead of a crucial reading of a bill to legalize assisted suicide in France later this week, a Christian legal advocacy group has offered a breakdown of the bill highlighting nearly 30 shortcomings in it that will put vulnerable lives at risk. France’s Senate has already rejected the bill three times, but the National Assembly will hold a final reading on it July 15, a moment when the bill appears to have “legislative momentum” favoring its supporters, according to the news agency Zenit.

Politics The disputes involving the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne highlight religious liberty battles over whether Catholics sisters can be forced to choose between their ministries and compliance with government mandates that conflict with their faith. Elise Winland July 13, 2026 · 5 hours ago · 3 min read Catholic nun holding Bible in hands.

I’ve always struggled to understand the Christian tradition of detachment, even of friends and family. Did it mean that I shouldn’t fully love those around me? That I should reserve some part of my heart from them? Then I read the C.S. Lewis novel Till we Have Faces. A retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, the novel explores how love, when it becomes possessive and jealous, can prevent the beloved from flourishing.

Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of anti-Catholic bigotry for supporting a state law that Dominican nuns say would force them to violate their religious beliefs or risk penalties threatening their ministry to terminally ill cancer patients. The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate Rosary Hill Home, a 42-bed residential hospice and nursing facility in Hawthorne, New York, that provides free care to poor patients with incurable cancer.

The European Parliament passed a resolution 510-1 on July 9 calling for an end to persecution against Christians in Nigeria and condemning a recent massacre, according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International. Rev. Markus Nyam, pastor of the Church of Christ in Nations, and members of his congregation were murdered in an overnight raid June 22 when Fulani militants came into the village of Kawel and shot anyone who came outside, according to ADF International’s press release.