Port Pirie South Australia was the location where religious denominations from around South Australia converged for the 21st Port Pirie Diocesan Assembly and in the process helped to take steps toward a more ecumenical future. Members and religious ministers from…

The Pentagon announced on April 8, that a Navy carrier strike group has been order to move toward the Western Pacific Ocean to provide a physical presence near the Korean peninsula. The carrier group includes the aircraft carrier USS Carl…

Neil McGill Gorsuch of Colorado received Senate confirmation Friday, April 7, as the 113th justice of the Supreme Court. He will replace Justice Antonin Scalia who died more than a year earlier in February of 2016. President Obama had nominated…

Homosexuality is exploding among U.S. teens and young adults. Over the last decade, the relative proportion of U.S. teenagers claiming to be homosexual has increased 85 percent; the relative proportion who have not made up their minds about embracing homosexuality…

Pope Francis met with over 20 leaders of the European Union March 24, on the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community. The European Community is now called the European Union. The heads of state…

Australia is marching toward a cashless society and its drive to do so is gathering momentum. More companies are cashless than ever, with more and more of them offering online only products and services. Digital wallets – in the form…

Mudslides in Colombia killed at least 254 people, including 43 children after torrential rains caused three rivers to overflow surrounding the southern city of Mocoa. Suddenly a torrent of mud and debris came surging through the city. Aerial footage of…

The United Kingdom filed for divorce from the European Union, overturning four decades of integration with its neighbors, demolishing the notion that EU expansion is inevitable. The letter, hand carried to the president of the European Council Donald Tusk formally…

A joint penance and reconciliation service was held in Germany to commemorate the Reformation in Germany. The chairman of the Roman Catholic German Bishop’s Conference, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, and the chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany…

In an effort to stem a massive loss of value over the last few days (UD $24 billion), Google (and its parent company Alphabet) has begun taking steps to further restrict how major advertisers ads are paired alongside extremist YouTube…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame met briefly with Pope Francis who voiced his sadness for members of the Church who participated in the 1994 genocide, asking for forgiveness and assuring those who still suffer of his prayer. The pope “conveyed his…

Google is starting to redirect searches away from offensive, upsetting or inaccurate websites. Google is using its 10,000 independent contractors who work as Google’s quality raters who are given searches based on real queries to score the results. The quality…