Recently, Pope Francis, Shimon Perez and Mahmoud Abbas met at the Vatican to pray for peace and discuss peace in the Middle East. Here is the background of that meeting. Pope Francis may be the world’s best politician. During his…

While in the Holy Land, Pope Francis made a few unscheduled stops. He stopped to pray at the Western Wall in the West Bank, and with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he visited an Israeli memorial for victims of terrorism. He…

Pope Francis and the President of Mexico, Enriqué Peña Nieto, met recently at the Vatican to discuss migration, unemployment, poverty, violence and drug trafficking. They also discussed Mexican constitutional amendments regarding religious freedom. Following the meeting, Nieto met with Cardinal…

The presidents of Israel and Palestine, Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas met with Pope Francis and the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomaios of Constantinople at the Vatican to pray for peace between Arabs and Palestinians in the Holy Land. The ecumenical gathering…

In another Gallup poll released recently, Americans who believe the Bible is “the actual word of God” and that it should be taken literally word for word,” is now down to 28 percent from 40 percent in 1979. The poll…

Judges in Oregon, Pennsylvania and Arkansas have struck down same-sex marriage bans giving same-sex marriage more legal victories. The Pennsylvania ruling strikes down the last remaining ban in the U.S. Northeast region. “We are a better people than what these…

A recent Gallup poll reveals that most Americans believe gay marriage should be legal and have the same legal benefits as traditional marriage. The fifty-five percent majority is an all-time high. In 1996 the Gallup polling organization says the percentage…

Studies say that exercise can remodel the brain by stimulating new brain cells and other positive changes. But now it appears that inactivity also remodels the brain in a negative way, says a new study. Inactivity changes the shape of…

For the first time in New Zealand history, the Governor General met with Pope Francis. During the private audience with Sir Jerry Mateparae the two men spoke of social and economic life in New Zealand as well as the Catholic…

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, along with his wife and several members of his government, met with Pope Francis in Rome. During the 20 minute meeting, the two men discussed the “good relations between the Holy See and…

During his meeting with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations and the UN Board, Pope Francis told the world body leaders they must do more to help the poor and should encourage the “legitimate redistribution” of wealth. The…

President Obama’s political formation was steeped in the Roman Catholic left. At 25 years of age Barack Obama was involved in training Roman Catholics how to be politically engaged. By 1987, after two short years in Chicago as a community…