A Canadian church accused of repeatedly violating COVID-19 restrictions could face a fine of up to one-million dollars. ..Pastor Rick Warren is retiring...and a 39-year-old lawmaker and religious conservative is set to become Northern Ireland’s youngest leader.

A Louisiana pastor trying to revive a lawsuit challenging state coronavirus restrictions...The U-S Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a lawsuit can go forward in which a group of Muslims allege the FBI targeted them for surveillance because of their religion...and one of Africa’s most popular televangelists has passed away.

Jerry Falwell Jr. asks court to dismiss Liberty University lawsuit...a German cardinal and confidant of Pope Francis has offered to resign...and a "people's tribunal" on alleged Uyghur genocide has opened in London.

Federal appeals court hears arguments over a Tennessee abortion law...a Pakistani court has acquitted a Christian couple previously sentenced to death for blasphemy...and 13 people on trial in Paris accused of cyberbullying or death threats against a teenage girl who posted comments critical of Islam.

Abortions rate rises in Kansas...a Canadian government leader pledges to support efforts to find more unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous students...and China uses Zoom to try to counter alleged human rights abuses.

Florida the latest state to bar transgender athletes identifying as female from playing on public school girls teams...the Catholic Church has criminalized the sexual abuse of adults by priests...and China's leaders are easing limits on how many children each couple can have.

White House says no to Federal vaccine passports...another transgender athlete ban bill passes...and Montana's AG gives opinion on critical race theory.

The ACLU is challenging two major transgender athlete and abortion laws...another sanctuary city for the unborn...and Facebook will no longer remove claims COVID-19 is human-made or manufactured.

The White House says there are still questions about how the Covid-19 pandemic got started...a group of scientists recommends researchers be allowed to grow human embryos longer under limited conditions. ..and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will devote part of its national meeting next month to the issue of which Catholics are worthy of receiving Communion.

The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem has been reopened...Tennessee bans Critical Race Theory in public schools...and China denouncing plans for a people's tribunal in Britain next month on allegations of genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.