Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, attended the papal installation Mass of Pope Francis I. No Greek Orthodox patriarch has attended a papal installation Mass for almost 1000 years, since 1054 when the split between east and west occurred….

The Catholic Church has reached a settlement in the child sex-abuse case in Los Angeles of approximately $10 million, not including the costs of therapy, attorney’s fees and other costs. This is in addition to the $2.5 billion that the…

At his installation Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis called on world leaders to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest. Speaking in terms of peace, the pope said that exercising “love and tenderness would not allow ‘omens…

The Jewish Reconstructionist movement recently elected a gay man to lead the national association at its meeting in New Orleans. Rabbi Jason Klein, from Maryland has become the first openly gay man to lead the rabbinic association. Though Reconstructionist (the…

The German high court ruled recently that gay people should be permitted to adopt a child that was already adopted by their partner. The court claimed that “successive adoption” as the practice is called, should no longer be banned because…

“The United States and European Union aim to start negotiating a vast Transatlantic free trade pact…” The ambitious agenda would involve half of the world output and a third of all trade. The plan reveals impatience with the deadlocked Doha…

On Sunday March 3, 2013, the European Sunday Alliance held its annual European day for a “Work-Free Sunday.” Using the theme “Stop Sunday Work Now!” the alliance called on members to take action by handing out flyers, holding meetings and…

National Security Agency whistleblower, William Binney, has said that the Government records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, and that the government can use all this information against anybody. Binney believes that government access to…

Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney has said that the story of Adam and Eve is a myth and is designed as a religious story for religious purposes. Pell appeared with notorious atheist Richard Dawkins on an Australian TV Question…

Pope Benedict XVI will live in a Vatican convent for the rest of his life after a brief period at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. By doing so, he will be protected from prosecution in connection with sexual…

A week before Cardinal Timothy Dolan was to fly to Rome for the papal conclave lawyers grilled him for hours behind closed doors about child sex-abuse by priests in his former diocese of Milwaukee. The lawyers represent hundreds of victims…

Italian media reported that Pope Benedict XVI resigned after a “disturbing” confidential report of yet another Vatican scandal landed on his desk. Benedict had commissioned three cardinals (all over 80 years of age) to verify allegations exposed in the so-called…