The Faithful Watchman

Two Million User International Paedophile Child Porn Ring Busted by Europol

A massive international pedophile network spanning across over 30 countries was shut down, and dozens of arrests were made relating to child pornography, the Europol police agency announced on Wednesday.

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation said that the Darknet child porn platform “Kidflix” has been shut down under the direction of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office in Germany.

Europol said that the platform had an estimated 1.8 million users throughout the world, with investigations being coordinated across 35 counties.

NYT Panics Over Religious Freedoms, ‘Particularly Christian’ Groups

If there’s anything more frightening than a Supreme Court “which has been receptive to claims from religious groups, particularly Christian ones,” the New York Times has yet to find it.

“It has been almost three years since the Supreme Court last heard arguments in a case that turned on one of the religion clauses of the First Amendment,” NYT’s Adam Liptak wrote on Sunday, “a curious lull in what had been a signature project for the court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.: to bolster the place of faith in public life.”

Iran’s Missiles ‘Loaded Onto Launchers’ After Trump Threat

Iran has reportedly loaded missiles on launchers and is ready for retaliation, according to state media.

The threat follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of “bombing” if Tehran refuses a new nuclear deal.

Newsweek has reached out to the State Department and Iran’s foreign ministry fo comment.

The U.S.-Iran standoff has grown more perilous since President Trump’s return to the White House. Iran views Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy—characterized by severe economic sanctions and military threats—as a provocation that has only deepened tensions. Tehran’s rejection of direct talks stems from this policy, which it sees as undermining trust. The risk of military conflict continues to rise as both sides harden their positions.

Nanny State: NYC Will Start Digging Through Residents’ Trash Today

If you live in New York City, government employees will start digging through your garbage today. And if you have something that isn’t supposed to be there, you’ll get a fine of at least $25. This isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke.

What kind of trash can contraband are they looking for? The usual. Food scraps; yard waste, like raked leaves; coffee grounds; paper towels used to clean up food; pizza boxes but only certain kinds.…

It all stems from a new mandate that the city council passed in 2023 that requires residents of all five NYC boroughs to participate in a mandatory composting program. While the new rule went into effect in October, the city announced that as of April 1, 2025, it will be cracking down on people who don’t comply.

China Is Taking War to Earth Orbits: A ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ Is on the Way

“With our commercial assets, we have observed five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” the U.S. Space Force’s Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein told the 16th annual McAleese Defense Programs conference in Arlington, Virginia on March 18. “That’s what we call dogfighting in space. They are practicing tactics, techniques and procedures to do on-orbit space operations from one satellite to another.”

Globalism Does Not Leave Room For The Christian Faith In Public Life

This triad of cultural trends are fed to us daily through almost every medium of communication available. They operate with the same authority as creeds, are believed in the same way the faithful believe their creeds, and to violate them is to risk excommunication, or in today’s language, to be cancelled. For all intents and purposes, they operate like a secular religion. The dream given is for a utopian vision of the world made possible by adhering to a set of cardinal doctrines. In order for this to happen though – all people must play their part – and if coercion and persuasion does not work – then legislation must be used.

‘Feels like a demonic ritual’ — KFC’s latest commercial will SHOCK you

In 1930, a man named Harland Sanders began selling fried chicken from a roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky. That restaurant eventually became the global franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken, more commonly known as KFC. It’s been adored for generations.

However, now droves of people are swearing off the restaurant for life — and not because of the MAHA movement.

The latest KFC commercial — a blend of creepy cultish behavior and a not-so-subtle insinuation of cannibalism — likely has Sanders rolling over in his grave.

Germany Ready to Bring Back Conscription as Russian Belligerence Grows

If you want peace, prepare for war. Germany appears to be embracing this ancient maxim with the country’s top general warning Monday that Berlin is ready to bring back conscription.

Carsten Breuer, the German Chief of Defence, told BBC’s Radio 4 an additional 100,000 soldiers would be needed to ensure the country’s ability to defend itself as a belligerent Russia continues to roil the continent.

Baby Born Alive After Botched 24-Week Abortion Screamed for an Hour as Doctors Left Child to Die

A Polish hospital is being accused of allowing a viable, late-term baby to die without care after the child survived a failed abortion, according to The Global Dispatch.

Witnesses said doctors and medical staff at the Holy Family Hospital in Warsaw, Poland left the newborn to die on March 7, possibly because the baby had Down syndrome, the report states.

Horrifically, witnesses said the newborn cried and screamed for an hour before it died, according to Republika Television. Reports do not indicate if the child was male or female.

Signs of Hope for Christianity in America, New Survey Reveals

There are plenty of surveys swirling about faith — or lack thereof — in America, but there are some encouraging new statistics offering rays of hope.

A recently released survey from Barna Group found a majority of adults disagree with the claim the “church is not relevant in today’s world,” with 41% stating they “definitely disagree” with the sentiment and 24% saying they “somewhat disagree” with it.