On September 19, 2014, Pope Francis met the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan. They discussed the problems facing Christians in the Middle East and the humanitarian crisis there. The discussion highlighted the role of the Catholic Church…

In August 2014, Target, the giant retail chain announced that it supports gay marriage. It signed an amicus (friend of the court) brief. “It is our belief that everyone should be treated equally under the law, and that includes rights…

Pope Francis visited Albania in September. The Pope said that Albania is an “inspiring example” of Christian-Muslim coexistence, and denounced how extremists are “perverting” religion to justify violence. “The climate of respect and mutual trust between Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims…

According to the August issue of the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, community hospitals in the southeastern U.S. have had a 500% increase in the number of dangerous superbugs that are drug-resistant in the last five years. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae,…

Darrell Littrell, a Seventh-day Adventist living in Asheville, North Carolina, was offered a job as a donut maker at a Citi Brands, a manufacturing facility of Dunkin Donuts near Arden, North Carolina. When the plant manager offered him the job…

Sierra Leone, one of four countries worst hit by the Ebola outbreak, has announced a three-day lockdown in an effort to stop the disease. People will not be able to leave their homes from 19 to 21 September. The purpose…

During his visit to the Vatican in September 2014, retired Israeli President, Shimon Peres, proposed a UN style organization called “United Religions” to counter religious extremism. Peres said that the UN is ill suited to handle today’s conflicts, since most…

Pope Francis sent a message to the Waldensian-Methodist annual synod held 24-29 August 2014 in Torre Pellice, Italy. The Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin signed the telegram on behalf of the pope. The letter offered the Waldenses the…

Militarized police are become more common in the United States. The most recent example is the “overwhelming militarized response of the local police forces to the protests over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager” in Ferguson, Missouri.  On August…

Tony Palmer, an evangelical friend of Pope Francis, died in a motorcycle accident. Francis sent a message to be read at his funeral by his wife, Emiliana. Ironically, he was buried in a Catholic cemetery in Bath, England after a…

On the plane from Korea back to Rome, Pope Francis said he wants to go to the United States in 2015 for the planned Catholic family meeting. He also said he would like to visit Washington to address Congress, the…

A recent USA Today opinion poll revealed that, increasingly, Americans believe the United States has a responsibility to respond to rising violence in Iraq, though they do not like the idea of being pulled back into a military conflict. Of…