The abduction and forced conversion of Christian girls in Pakistan continued with impunity as another minor was separated from her parents the first week of the year, sources said.

More Americans are falling deeper into debt as median incomes have dropped amid the rising costs of housing, food, gas, transportation and medical care.

While Martin Luther King Jr. Day is mostly commemorated with quotes and clips of King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech and footage of bus boycotts and the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, some of the most important moments of King’s work came later, as he turned his attention from civil rights to poverty and the Vietnam War. Here’s a sampling:

Actor Kirk Cameron and Duck Dynasty star Lisa Robertson will speak at the 49^th Annual March for Life later this month.

In a decree signed Jan. 5, the Vatican tightened its COVID-19 regulations by requiring the use of FFP2 masks (similar to N95 masks) inside and making vaccinations and booster shots mandatory for employees and visitors wishing to enter the Vatican Museums and gardens.

Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said.

Worship leader Sean Feucht took to social media this week claiming that his publisher, Harper Collins, canceled his book because of his political views.

A Tennessee pastor, his 16-year-old stepdaughter and his stepdaughter’s biological father were all killed in a domestic shooting incident that occurred on January 3.

After moving in with his parents after the birth of his son, Pawan (surname withheld for security reasons) said that in March 2020, they told him and his wife to either partake of Hindu rituals or leave their home in central Nepal’s Bhaktapur District. Pawan said they tried to resolve the issue, but they could not, and his parents temporarily took his child.

On Monday, a bipartisan, bicameral group of American Congress members formed the Abraham Accords Congressional Caucus. The Caucus' goal is to strengthen and expand the Abraham Accords' peace agreements between Israel and its neighboring countries and increase the legislative branch's involvement in the Accords.