Face and fingerprint scanning installed in churches as China increases surveillance
Hi-tech surveillance devices including face and fingerprint scanning equipment are now being installed in churches throughout China.
Brandon Showalter
Opinion writer and social commentator
Brandon M. Showalter is a journalist and podcaster with The Christian Post who has reported extensively on topics of theological interest in the Church; bioethics issues such as euthanasia, assisted suicide, artificial reproductive technology, and surrogacy; and the developments of the "gender identity" movement and transgender ideology.
He was first inspired to pursue into a career in writing and journalism while mopping floors and scrubbing toilets as a church custodian in April 2015.
He earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and Spanish from Bridgewater College of Virginia in 2007, a Master of Arts in human rights from The Catholic University of America in 2022, and is a fellow of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, & Law. He is also a graduate (class of 2015) of a three-year, non-degree program at Bethel School of Ministry in Redding, California.
His favorite thing to do in life is to sing.
Parents of 9-month-old baby given 10 more days to keep her on life support before hospital shuts off
A judge has ordered a children's hospital in Texas to keep a 9-month-old baby on a ventilator to help her breathe after the hospital wanted to take her off life support.
Father, son priests shot dead in northern Syria, ISIS claims credit
An Armenian Catholic priest and his father were murdered by terrorists Monday while traveling in a car with his father and a deacon in northeastern Syria.
LGBT group pushes for 20 percent of all television characters be LGBT by 2025
A major gay rights organization is pushing for 20 percent of all television characters to be LGBT by the year 2025.
Population control policies to combat climate change prove deadly, demographer says
A group of over 11,000 scientists are calling for population control measures to avoid "untold human suffering" from global climate change, a notion a demographer saying is all about the money.
Moloch statue of child sacrifice on display at Colosseum, holy site for Christian martyrs
A statue of the pagan deity Moloch, to which children were sacrificed in the ancient world, now sits at the entrance to the Colosseum in Rome, despite it being designated as a sacred site in remembrance of the Christian martyrs who died there.
Parents whose 6-year-old was taught 'girls are not real' file lawsuit against school, teacher
Canadian parents who filed a human rights complaint against a school where their 6-year-old daughter was taught that "there’s no such thing as boys and girls” have now filed a lawsuit.
'Black Panther' actress Letitia Wright chides media for cutting remarks giving God glory
Actress Letitia Wright, who's best known by many for her leading role in the Marvel comics film "Black Panther," is calling out secular media outlets that are refusing to report her remarks giving God glory for her accomplishments.
YouTube censors Christian pediatrician for criticism of trans surgery, deemed 'hate speech'
YouTube is censoring a video of an outspoken pediatrician openly critical of transgender medicine, particularly surgeries where reproductive organs are removed.
James Younger, 7-y-o child at center of Save James case, goes to school as boy for first time
The boy at the center of a custody battle where his mother intended to transition him into a girl, a case which garnered international attention last month, is reportedly now attending school as a boy.
