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It’s Wednesday, September 9th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)

By Jonathan Clark

No Christian refugees have been granted asylum in America

The United States has not admitted any Christian refugees fleeing persecution over the last year. That’s down from over 18,000 Christian refugees admitted in 2017, according to a report from Open Doors and World Relief. 

Compared to his first administration, the second Trump administration has deprioritized refugee resettlement for people suffering religious persecution. 

World Relief created a petition which we have linked in our transcript today at TheWorldview.com. The petition calls for the U.S. government to “once again prioritize Christians and other religious minorities fleeing religious persecution.”

Brazilian Evangelicals are largest group of young people in Catholic nation

Evangelicals are now the largest religious group among young people in the historically Catholic nation of Brazil.

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics published new data from the country’s 2022 census. 

Roman Catholicism remains the country’s largest religion at 57 percent but has been declining for decades. Evangelicals now represent 26.9 percent of the population. And people who identify with no religion remain a minority but are growing in Brazil.

Our demographically-aging population

The U.S. Census Bureau released a population report last month entitled, “An Aging World: 2025.”

The report found that people aged 65 and older make up about 11 percent of the world’s 8.1 billion people. Meanwhile, children who are five years of age or younger make up only nine percent of the world’s population.

This means there are more senior citizens than young children in the world for the first time on record. Plunging fertility rates are behind this demographic change. 

Psalm 127:3 is as applicable today as the day it was written. “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.”

Idaho given green light to enforce abortion ban

A federal court ruled Idaho can enforce its ban on most abortions.

Idaho passed its

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