• Florida Mom Shot In Back By 4-Year-Old Son While She Was Driving

  While driving on State Road 20, a Florida mother was shot in her back by her 4-year-old son with a .45-caliber pistol he found on the floor of her pickup truck, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred in Putnam County, Fla. Officials have not been able to interview the victim due to her medical condition.

  

• Chicago Historic Church Gutted By Fire Draws $650K in Donations To Start Rebuilding It

  After a massive, penetrating fire nearly destroyed Shrine of Christ the King Catholic church in Chicago, Ill., last October, the beloved building was heading toward demolishment ... until donors stepped in to raise $650,000-plus to cover the costs of stabilizing the structure. Congregants were primarily from the Woodlawn and Hyde Park communities.

  

• Religious Freedom Bill Filibustered by Missouri Senators Due to Discrimination of Same-Sex Marriage

  A 34-hour Democratic senate filibuster, which started Monday in Missouri's capitol of Jefferson City over proposed religious protection measure Senate Joint Resolution 39, is making national news. As of Wednesday morning, to force a vote and end the filibuster, the Republican sponsor of this "religious objections" proposal has distributed a new version of a measure that would allow protections if businesses deny services related to same-sex marriage.

  

• NASA Agrees To Stop Censoring 'Jesus' From Employee Emails About Praise, Worship Club

  In June 2015, attorneys at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, told Christian employees they could no longer mention the name "Jesus" in e-newsletter announcements for their Praise and Worship club because they believed it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution. After the legal intervention of First Liberty attorneys last month, however, NASA officials reversed their stance.

  

• American Religion's Fate May Rely On 'Unaffiliated' and Triumph of Faith

  "What is the future of traditional religion in this country," asked Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute in a public policy blog Monday. He said he believes this question is now discussed constantly across America, from dinner tables to graduate seminars to think-tank conference centers.