Australia is about to descend into the abyss of the same-sex marriage debate. Bypassing the voters, the self-governing Australian Capitol Territory (ACT) has enacted a law that permits same-sex marriage. The federal government will seek for that law to be…

In addition to the election of one of their own, Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina as pope, the Jesuit order has seized power in Australian politics in an unprecedented shift toward Jesuit-educated political leaders. It culminated in the election of Jesuit-educated…

A childcare worker says an employer has a duty to “reasonably accommodate” the religious beliefs of a Christian worker. Celestina Mba, 58 went to a UK Court of Appeals to plead for her right to have Sunday’s off from her…

In a memorandum from the pilots union at US Airways details an incident, which some pilots believe may have been a “dry-run” for another attack using airliners. The chilling internal memo obtained by the press says there have been “several…

The Vatican bank, known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), has been anything but for Works of Religion.  With a long history of scandal, including numbered accounts for prominent politicians, stock manipulation, connections to the mafia, shady dealings…

Aiming to make the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency redundant, China’s central bank (the People’s Bank of China – PBC) inked a 3-year currency swap agreement with the European Central Bank (ECB), worth 350 billion Yuan (USD $57…

Pope Francis recently met with the Board of Directors of the Knights of Columbus at the Vatican. The Pope thanked the Knights for their “unfailing support” for the Papacy, otherwise known as the Holy See. “This support finds particular expression…

“We must not think we can be protected from political, economic, ecological and military conflicts if we do not participate in their resolution,” said German President Joachim Gauck said on the 23rd anniversary of Germany’s reunification. “I cannot imagine Germany…

Pope Francis consecrated the world to Mary on Marian day, October 13, 2013. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is long dead, but the pope still teaches that she is alive and is the co-redemptrix with Jesus Christ. This means she…

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which is similar to Washington DC, may pass a law approving same-sex marriage in the next few weeks. The law is certainly to be challenged by the Commonwealth Attorney-General in the High Court. “It would…

King Letsie III of Lesotho and his wife, Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso met with Pope Francis in Rome. They discussed the collaboration between the state and the church in Lesotho especially with regard to religious freedom, the political and economic…

Pope Francis will declare John Paul II and John XXIII saints on April 27, 2014. This will be the first time two dead popes will have been canonized on the same day. In the case of John Paul, it will…