The Vatican is planning a special meeting, November 17-19, to discuss traditional marriage with a variety religious leaders and scholars from around the world including mega-church leader Rick Warren, Russell Moore, Jewish and Muslim leaders and others. Pope Francis will…

A Muslim terrorist plowed into pedestrians at a light rail station between East and West Jerusalem on November 07, killing a policeman and a 17-year-old Jewish student, and wounding others. Thousands of East Jerusalem residents participated in a symbolic funeral…

Would you like to know how President Obama views religion in society? Back in 2006 he gave a keynote address at the Call to Renewal’s Building a Covenant for a New America conference in Washington, D.C. Here are some excerpts….

“Prominent German think tanks and politicians are calling for the establishment of an EU army,” wrote German-Foreign-Policy. Its not just that Germany is rearming itself. Far more is involved. Germany aims to control any European military that might be created….

A recent academic study published by Judicial Watch pointed out that the number of non-citizen voters in the U.S. “could range from just over 38,000 at the very minimum to nearly 2.8 million at the maximum,” and that they mostly…

At least one group of scientists is hoping that religion can save the planet. An essay, published in the journal Science, has argued that scientists and faith leaders should unite to fight climate change and habitat destruction. Engaging religious leaders…

Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Britain, is urging that schools across the globe teach “the virtue of religious respect.” Blair says that “education is a security issue,” because not doing so increases the risk of “worsening ideology in the…

Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission has ordered a local baker to undergo sensitivity training after he refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding. The commission ruled that Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, could not refuse to bake cakes…

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, the Vatican’s nuncio to Iraq said “that something had to be done, otherwise [the Islamic State] could not be stopped.” The unprecedented call for war follows Pope Francis’ call for “Prayer and action,” to “stop these crimes.”…

According to the Economist (October 7, 2014 article entitled Why did they take a pass?), “Never has a US Supreme Court decision not to hear a case had such a quick and profound impact on the rights of so many…

Dannel Malloy, the governor of Connecticut, signed an order declaring a public health emergency. The order allows the state health commissioner to require quarantines and isolation for individuals who are infected with Ebola or who are believed to have been…

The City of Houston has summoned a group of pastors to turn over their constitutionally protected sermons and communications to see if the pastors have ever opposed the mayor, homosexuality, or an unpopular non-discrimination ordinance known as the “bathroom bill”…