from The National Pulse:
WHAT HAPPENED: Canada’s proposed Bill C-9, known as the Combatting Hate Act, seeks to alter hate speech laws, raising concerns about potential criminal charges for quoting scripture.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Canadian Minister of Justice Sean Fraser, Canadian Christians, religious and advocacy groups.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Introduced in September 2025, passed the House of Commons on March 25, 2026, and is now heading to the Senate.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Bill C-9 makes it easier for people of faith and others to be criminally charged because of views that other people take offense to.” – Opposition lawmaker Andrew Lawton
🎯IMPACT: Critics argue the bill weakens freedom of expression and religion by removing the ‘good faith’ defense for religious texts.
The Israeli government has announced it will close all Christian schools in Jerusalem as part of a broader strategy to eradicate Christianity from the country.
President Trump officially fired Catholic activist Carrie Prejean Boller from the White House Religious Liberty Commission on Thursday 
It is ironic that the unprovoked U.S-Israeli attack on the Republic of Iran has taken place in 2026, the 250th anniversary of American independence. No doubt there will be grand celebrations thissummer for the American Revolution that brought the 13 colonies their freedom from England, However, the festivities planned may still be marred with the nation’s commuters paying $5-to-$10- per-gallon for gasoline. A more somber pall on the celebrations will be the honoring of the inevitable wounded and dead U.S. military personnel from the hostilities.
