Entertainment

George HW Bush personally asked Michael W Smith to sing 'Friends' at his funeral

Attendees of President George H. W. Bush’s funeral on Wednesday were serenaded by Grammy Award-winning Christian singer-songwriter Michael W. Smith at the late president’s request.

U.S.

Nebraska principal bans all things Christmas, says candy canes symbolize Jesus

A school district in Nebraska has clarified that a principal’s recent directives to teachers effectively banning all Christmas and other religious holiday symbols violate school board policy.

U.S.

After Sunday School teacher is fatally stabbed, Oprah, others thinking twice on helping panhandlers

The family of a Sunday School teacher who was fatally stabbed inside her car in front of her husband and daughter after she offered help to a panhandler she thought was a mother in need in Baltimore, was told “God bless you” during the attack.

U.S.

Virginia teacher punished for refusing to use transgender student’s preferred pronouns

A teacher in Virginia has been put on administrative leave for using feminine pronouns for a student who, while born female, identifies as male.

World

Vatican astronomer responds to claim that God's existence can't be proven

While science cannot definitely prove the existence of God, it can showcase indicators of a supreme being, a Vatican astronomer has argued.