As abortion has come into sharp focus during the 2020 election cycle, pro-lifers have come out in heavy numbers to kick off the year.

In Colorado, thousands attended the “Celebrate Life” march to rally against late-term abortions, according to Faithwire. A new measure in the state, called “Initiative 120,” proposes that medical professionals who perform an abortion after 22 weeks—unless the mother’s life is at risk—could lose their license for at least three years.

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, spoke at the event and recalled his time working at a hospital and seeing abortions.

“It is tragic and I remember being stunned,” he said. “I can still remember the horror on the young woman’s face [during the abortion].”

Despite the initiative only protecting fetuses after 22 weeks, protestors wanted their intentions made clear.

“We are not voting for abortion, nor are we saying we agree with abortion up to 22 weeks,” Aquila said. “What we are saying, is that we respect life, and we respect it for all the pregnancy.”

To the northeast, approximately 9,000 people appeared in Chicago to protest their beliefs in the “March for Life Chicago.” In 2014, only 1,000 showed to the event. This year’s theme was “Life empowers: Pro-life is Pro-Woman.”

“There’s more people in Illinois and the Midwest who recognize the urgency of this,” said March for Life president Dawn…

Pastor Tony Evans recently shared that just before his wife died, she told her family she saw “something outside earth’s realm.”

According to CBN News, the family had gathered around Lois Evans in late December to say goodbye. Lois, 70, had been battling biliary cancer.

Evans, who serves as the senior pastor at the Oak Cliff Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, says his wife saw a “glimpse of heaven.”

“One of the things that I’ve observed in life and in scripture is that when people walk with God and He doesn’t take them suddenly, He will give them a glimpse of heaven while they’re still transitioning from earth,” he said. “He will let them know, not only that it’s time, but it’s okay.”

Before she died, Lois told her family that she could see her late mother and then later, she said she saw her late father.

“For example, she said to some who were gathered in the room, ‘Do you see my mother? Do you see her? She’s right over there by the fireplace.’ Do you see her? Why can’t you see her? On another occasion, she said, ‘My father. There’s my father.’ And there was no one in the room physically. She was seeing something as the time of her departure got closer.”

Evans also said that she had said, “Two days, two days, take me up.”

He said two and a half days later, she died on Dec. 30.

“She heard something, she saw something as the time of her departure got nearer. Like…

Tennessee lawmakers started off their annual session by passing a controversial new bill prohibiting faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples.

As reported by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the bill passed the Republican-led Senate last year with a 20-6 vote and was handed to Republican Governor Bill Lee, who is likely to sign it.

“To the extent allowed by federal law, no private licensed child-placing agency shall be required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer or participate in any placement of a child for foster care or adoption when the proposed placement would violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies,” the bill reads.

Nashville-based Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention pushed for the legislation.

“This was a high priority,” tweeted ERLC. “We engaged on this bill because it was based on the principle of freedom for anyone to help children; the freedom for faith-based organizations, like the [Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home] to keep doing their good work consistent with their principles.”

In other states, adoption agencies have been forced to shut down because legislation required allowance of same-sex couples, according to Sen. Paul Rose, who introduced the bill.

“This bill does not restrict any rights to place a…

Millions of college students across America have given up on solely using scholarships and part-time jobs to pay for their college education and are instead turning to “sugar daddies” to cover expenses.

Students looking for these sugar daddies often use a site called SeekingArrangement, the world’s largest sugar daddy dating site in the world. This week, the website ranked the schools who used their services the most.

As reported by NBC, Virginia Community College came in at #1 of community colleges with 2,008 students using the site’s services. Among universities, Arizona State University took the top spot with 2,724 students using the site.

Students who use the website’s services are called “sugar babies” and SeekingArrangement draws students in by promoting itself as a means to overcome student debt and help students build career connections.

“Meeting the right Sugar Daddy offers collegiate Sugar Babies access to expanded networking opportunities, mentorship and financial benefits that come with building a relationship with someone established and successful,” the website reads.

Over 2 million men call themselves sugar daddies through the site with over 350,000 women as sugar mommies. The website boasts over 8 million female sugar babies and over three million male.

Often referred to as the student debt crisis, almost 45 million Americans have outstanding…

Most evangelicals and members of historically black Protestant churches say congregations should discuss social and political issues, although every other major religious group in the U.S. wants their religious leaders to keep quiet on politics, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

The poll of 6,364 U.S. adults asked if churches and other houses of worship should “keep out of political matters” or “express their views on day-to-day social and political questions.”

Although 63 percent of all U.S. adults say churches should stay out of political matters, evangelicals disagree, and by a 55-43 percent margin say churches should express their views on social and political questions. Members of historically black congregations also chose the “express their views” option by a margin of 54-43 percent. 

Members of other religious groups, though, say churches and houses of worship should keep out of political matters. This includes 63 percent of mainline Protestants, 62 percent of Catholics and 69 percent of Jewish adults.

“Protestants in the evangelical and historically black traditions are the only major U.S. religious groups in which more people say churches should express their social and political views,” Pew said in an online analysis. 

Those two groups also are the most likely to say churches should endorse candidates. Forty-five percent of members of black…

A 20-year-old College of the Holy Cross rowing crew team member was killed in a car accident on Wednesday, according to NBC News.

The Massachusetts-based team’s van collided head-on with a red Dodge pickup in Vero Beach, Florida at about 7:30 AM. The collision killed sophomore Grace Rett, who turned 20 this week. The team was in Florida training for their upcoming season, which starts on April 4 against Colgate.

“Grace was a light to all who knew her,” said Holy Cross Dean of Students Michele Murray. “She was incredibly passionate and hard-working.”

A dozen other people, according to authorities, were also injured in the crash and Rett was wearing a seat belt while sitting in the front right passenger seat of the van. Both vehicles had green lights and criminal charges have not been filed against either driver. No alcohol was believed to be present.

Six students and the head coach were admitted to the hospital after the accident and still remained as of Wednesday afternoon.

Three weeks earlier, Rett set a world record for continuous indoor rowing by a woman 19 years old or younger. “Records are made to be broken,” she tweeted after rowing continuously for 62 hours and three seconds.

“This is a terrible loss for our community,” said Murray. “This is a terrible shock. My thoughts are really with Grace’s family and her teammates.”

Holy Cross is a Jesuit liberal arts school located in…

JOS, Nigeria, January 15, 2020 (Morning Star News) – More than 200 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly Christian villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria since Jan. 6, killing at least 35 people and kidnapping 58 others, including a mother and her 6-month-old baby, sources said.

Armed with AK-47s, the herdsmen on motorcycles rampaged through 10 predominantly Christian villages in Chikun and Brinin Gwari counties, Christian leaders said. Traumatized people displaced by the violence, dispossessed of their farmlands and homeless, later received calls demanding thousands of dollars in ransom for the release of their relatives, they said.

“The herdsmen, or ‘bandits’ as they now call them, began their attacks on our communities on Monday, Jan. 6, killing, maiming and kidnapping members of our families without restraint by security agencies or the military,” pastor Habila Madama, a Christian leader in the affected areas, told Morning Star News. “The herdsmen have destroyed our farmlands and left us with nothing. These Muslim Fulani herdsmen will usually come with their cattle, forcefully take over our farms, and destroy crops ready for harvests.”

He appealed to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kaduna state government to take steps to end the violence.

“As it is now, we don’t know where to go, what to feed on, or where do we get…