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Christian Syrian Family With US Visas Turned Back at Philadelphia Airport After Trump Ban
Two Christian families from Syria who had been working for nearly 15 years to join relatives in the United States were stopped Saturday at the Philadelphia airport and told to return to Doha, Qatar, due to the immigration travel-related executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday. Syria was one of seven countries on Trump's list for short-term banning of entry into the U.S., along with Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. These two families are not refugees, but Christian

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Immigration Travel Ban: Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Oppose Trump's Executive Order
Silicon Valley leaders immediately expressed concern and denounced an executive order signed on Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump that temporarily banned immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, even if they already were approved to do so. However this ban was temporarily overturned on Saturday after American Civil Liberties Union officials won an emergency stay in federal court, meaning those affected with valid visas cannot be deported and sent

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Christian Refugees to be Given Priority into US by Trump, But He Also Froze Syrian Requests
Persecuted Christians from other nations will be given priority over other refugees seeking to enter the United States, said President Donald Trump in an interview Friday. His full remarks to Christian Broadcasting Network's David Brody of The Brody File are slated to air Sunday evening on Freeform, as well as Monday on The 700 Club. The United States admitted a record number of 38,901 Muslim refugees in 2016, according to a Pew study, but nearly the same number of Christians, 37,521, also were

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Saturn's Wavemaker Moon 'Daphnis' Celebrated by Stunning NASA Images
The closest view yet of Saturn's moon, Daphnis, being between Saturn's rings was just taken by equipment on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, as the moon maneuvered through one of its ring-grazing passes. NASA photographs are still being collected of Saturn, its rings and moons. This particular moon has become popular due to the ripples it creates on the planet's ring.

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Bigamy Law Appeal from 'Sister Wives' Finally Ends At Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court judges said they won't hear an appeal from the family on TV's "Sister Wives," which challenges Utah's law that bans polygamy. The decision ends the long legal fight of Kody Brown's family to overturn a seldom used and unique provision of Utah's law about polygamous families, which bars married people from living with a second purported "spiritual spouse" even if the man is legally married to just one woman. Utah's law is stricter than anti-bigamy laws in other states.

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James M. Houston, Founding Principal of Regent College and Spiritual Theologian, Dies at 103
Regent College announced on Monday that its founding principal, Dr. James MacIntosh Houston, passed away peacefully in Vancouver on March 15, 2026, at the age of 103.

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CCCOWE HK Seminar Addresses New Frontiers in Workplace Mission
Recognizing the growing challenges faced by believers in integrating faith into their professional lives, CCCOWE Hong Kong Region Committee convened the "Igniting the Workplace: Missionary Heart" seminar on March 14. The event featured prominent urban missiologists, workplace mission experts, and guest Wong Cho-lam (王祖藍), who collectively sought to identify new pathways for pastoral care and evangelism within the modern workplace.

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Brazilian Medical Student Acquitted in Free Speech Case Over Biological Sex Comments
A case against a Brazilian medical student, prosecuted for her social media comments on biological sex, has concluded with an acquittal, according to the legal organization ADF International.

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Iranian Christians Targeted as 'Scapegoats' Amid Escalating War and Regime Crackdown
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) issued a statement on March 2 warning that the U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran have triggered a volatile environment posing a severe threat to Iran’s already vulnerable Christian community.

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Pew Report: Global Religious Diversity Rises as Christianity Maintains Wide Geographic Reach
The latest global religious diversity research report from Pew Research Center shows that Singapore has emerged as the world’s most religiously diverse nation, while the United States ranks first in religious diversity among the world's most populous nations.
