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Days after hundreds of missiles and drones were launched at Israel, members of the Jewish community are speaking out, saying Iranian leaders are cowards who hide behind proxies, adding that “almighty God” will protect those who live in the Holy Land. Iran’s brazen and unprecedented attack on Israel late Saturday involved drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles launched from Iran, …

Beverly LaHaye, the wife of the late evangelist Tim LaHaye and founder of Concerned Women for America (CWA), which describes itself as “the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization,” has passed away at the age of 94. CWA announced LaHaye died Sunday after forming the organization 45 years ago in “response to the feminist movement of the time that she …

JOHANNESBURG — Christianity is in deadly crisis in more than half of Africa’s 54 countries, sources say. Christian groups contacted by Fox News Digital say the faithful are being persecuted, killed and displaced in 28 countries on the continent. The situation is the worst in Nigeria. Persecution watchdog group Open Doors US told Fox News Digital its research reports that”nine …

A Jewish organization is hoping to spark conversation this Passover about the rise of antisemitism today with some modern additions to the traditional Seder meal. “Passover is the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday, pretty much by far, of all the Jewish holidays in the calendar,” Archie Gottesman, the New Jersey-based co-founder of JewBelong, told Fox News Digital in an interview. …

Christian groups are seeking innovative ways to bring the Gospel to Americans as church attendance and belief in God are on the decline in the country. Fox News Digital spoke to Russ Ewell, the Executive Minister of Bay Area Christian Church, and Brad Hill, the Chief Solutions Officer at Gloo – a Christian communications platform that connects religious and non-religious …

The New York City Police Department defended the actions of its officers by releasing bodycam video that showed an officer gently helping a woman with her hijab after the radical anti-Israel activist claimed she was “brutalized” and her hijab was ripped off by police. “We are aware of social media posts regarding an individual detained by our police officers yesterday, …

“Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts?” (Luke 24:38). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one of the three synoptic Gospels, and is an important reminder to trust in the Lord at all times, a Washington-based Dominican friar told Fox News Digital. Also known as Luke the Evangelist, Luke is widely regarded …

A Jewish humanitarian organization has completed an airlift of medical materials to enclaves of Ethiopian Jews as the ongoing Israeli conflict with Hamas has complicated established aid in the region. Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry (SSEJ), a volunteer-staffed organization in the United States dedicated to the assistance of the Ethiopian Jewish community, airlifted the medical supplies over the course of …

Chilling video from Chile captured a nun walking down the street with a wheeled suitcase that police later discovered to contain her fellow sister’s corpse. “There was a pact. The person died a year ago and the other has kept her in a suitcase ever since due to the affection she had,” police official Juan Fonseca told reporters this week, …

With a strong religious tradition, some of the world’s leading faith-based institutions of higher learning are located in the United States. Although not a complete list of the approximately 600 Christian colleges across the U.S., here are some noteworthy Christian colleges and universities. Wheaton College Founded by abolitionists in 1860, Wheaton College, in the Chicago suburbs, has long been one …