“Beginning October 2 and running until needed, the almost 500-year-old Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order) is holding its General Congregation. Called the “leading men’s religious order of the Catholic Church,” the Jesuits will also discuss the direction the Jesuits…

“Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.” Thomas Sowell, (1930- ) Writer and economist. Source Reference Thomas Sowell Quote

As many Europeans planned street protests Sept. 17 against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty (TTIP), Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich-Freising, president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community, said the agreement could “contribute to…

“Everyone deep in their hearts is waiting for the end of the world to come.” Haruki Murakami, 67, Best-selling Japanese author. Source Reference Haruki Murakami

The European Union states agreed on Friday, September 30 to fast-track joint ratification of the Paris climate accord, pushing the landmark papal deal to the brink of entering into force. The agreement of the environment ministers of all 28 member…

“When it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.” John Viscount Morley, (1838-1923), of Blackburn. Source: Voltaire, 1872. Source Reference John Viscount Morley Quote

The European Union is likely going to change. Like all political creations, it is temporary and one day it will disappear, to be replaced by other entities, or continue in name but not in substance, while larger powers overtake it….

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Henry David Thoreau, (1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor and historian. Source Reference Henry David Thoreau Quote

European Union Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker said the UN needs a military headquarters to work toward a common military force in his annual state of the union address in Strasbourg. The lack of a “permanent structure” means money is…

“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” Plato, (429-347 BC), Greek Philosopher. Source Reference Plato Quote

During a speech to 400 Italian journalists, Pope Francis urged journalists not to stoke fear of migration and said that journalism, when based on rumors, can be a form of terrorism, meaning a “weapon of destruction” of both people and…

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” Socrates, (469-399 B.C.) Greek philosopher. Source Reference Socrates Quote