A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group is demanding ransom...a Canadian pastor who openly violated COVID-19 public health orders has been arrested...and despite filing for a religious exemption to vaccination, Washington state's highest paid public employee has been fired.

Biden administration asks U-S Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law...U.S. and Haitian authorities trying to secure release of members of a U.S.-based missionary group...and Texas poised to become the latest state to tighten restrictions on transgender athletes in public high school sports.

The Biden administration going to the U.S. Supreme Court in attempt to halt Texas abortion law... British politician stabbed to death during meeting with constituents at a church...and Audible and Bible apps disappear from the Apple store in mainland China,

President Biden to meet with the Pope...Oklahoma Supreme Court asked to put three abortion laws on hold...and a lawsuit says the federal government funds organizations which allegedly discriminate illegally against potential LGBTQ foster parents.

Suspicious fire at Tacoma-area mosque...a conservative Roman Catholic media outlet can hold a prayer gathering in Baltimore...and an Alberta judge decides on a fine instead of jail time for a pastor for breaking Covid-19 rules.

The U-S Supreme Court seems inclined to allow Kentucky's Attorney General to continue defending a restriction on abortion...the Biden administration is again urging courts to step in and suspend a new Texas abortion law...and a European court rules the Vatican can’t be sued in a local court for sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests.

Opponents of Texas' abortion ban taking aim at companies that donated money to the bill’s sponsors...an appellate court set to debate lawsuit challenging South Carolina's abortion law...and Pope Francis urging lawmakers worldwide to reach consensus on climate change.

Abortions resume in some Texas clinics but not others....woman denied a kidney transplant because she won't be vaccinated due to religious views....and the Pope won't be going to U.N. climate summit.

A federal judge orders Texas to to suspend abortion law...and France's government summons head of the French Catholic bishops' conference over comments on the confessional.

Another attempt to block a Texas abortion law...Pope Francis expresses shame over reported sexual abuse by church leaders in France...and the Southern Baptist Convention agrees to open records to examine how it handled cases of sexual abuse.