On April 26, 2013, Pope Francis met with Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by his wife Elsa, met with Pope Francis for about 20 minutes. The meeting came just two days before Monti completed…

The New Zealand parliament passed the Marriage Equality Bill, introduced by lesbian MP Louisa Wall. The vote had 77 votes in favor to 44 against after two hours of debate. Green MP Mojo Mathers stated that she was in support…

Pope Francis called Giorgio Napolitano, the newly re-elected president of Italy. “The Pope expressed his gratitude and his admiration for the Italian president.” “Mr. President, I called to thank you for your example,” Pope Francis told the president. “You have…

Pope Francis received Andry Nirina Rajoelina, president of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar in audience at the Vatican. The president also met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States. The cordial talks, focused on the good relations…

Imagine Pope Francis talking about the final judgment and the second coming of Christ. “Human history begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of God and concludes with the final judgment of Christ. We…

Scientists have found giant “pockmarks” or craters located deep in the ocean bed off New Zealand large enough to swallow whole cities, among a field of many other smaller ones stretching 20,000km. Furthermore, similar pockmarks, smaller in size, appear throughout…

A handful of states are considering doing away with the restrictions that make it illegal to buy alcohol on Sunday. However, they are facing opposition from Christians who claim that selling on Sunday would “undermine safety and tear apart families.”…

The United Nations General Secretary, Ban Ki-moon was received in audience by Pope Francis I in the Apostolic Palace, in which they discussed their common purposes in the society of nations. Ban also met with the Vatican Secretary of State,…

John Brennan, the new CIA director for the United States, was trained by the Jesuits at Fordham University in New York where he obtained his degree in political science. Roman Catholic Brennan studied in the Middle East and speaks fluent…

More than 84% of Catholics and 57 percent of Non-Catholics in the United States have a favorable view of the new pope, says a Pew Research poll, which is greater than for a U.S. president. Most politicians and popes have…

In a flagrant attack of freedom, a new European Union report demands that Brussels control national media through supervisors with draconian powers to enforce fines or sack journalists. After a European study on freedom and pluralism of Europe’s media, a…

President Obama has claimed that the president of the United States has the authority to kill U.S. citizens without trial or due process if it thinks that they are an imminent danger to United States national security. The president stonewalled…