Iowa governor calls for special legislative sesson on abortion...1 in 5 United Methodist churches in U.S. receive permission to leave the denomination...and faith-based film reportedly tops at box office on July 4th.

Nearly double the needed petitions for an Ohio constitutional amendment on abortion have been turned in...Israel has ended its West Bank raid...and a recent Quaran burning has Sweden torn between its commitment to free speech and respect for religious minorities.

Major Israeli Military operation in West Bank...another deadly week for Christians in Nigeria...and Pope appoints controverial Archbishop to Vatican office.

The U-S Supreme Court has ruled on a major religious freedom / free speech case...and a large North Carolina church leaves the Souther Baptist Convention.

Supreme Court decision on religious accommodation in the workplace...and a new Gallup poll on U-S religious worship attendance.

Oral arguments scheduled over HHS Pharmacy Mandate on abortion drugs...draft amendments being worked on to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws...and 1.8 million Muslims attending the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

More Christians attacked in Nigeria...embryo models created...and Mike Kellogg passes away.

Death penalty phase gets underway in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting...and U-S Supreme Court getting ready to release rulings in two religious rights cases.

Top Republican presidential candidates calling for imposing federal limits on abortion...President Biden gets endorsements from 3 abortion groups...and judge blocks Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion pills.

Oregon legislature passes amended abortion and gender-transition bill...Wyoming Judge takes up state abortion pill ban...and Christian Reformed Church in North America reaffirms earlier ruling on a deacon in a same-sex marriage.