The Epoch Times, by Derek Gatopoulos and Costas Kantouris: A strong earthquake hit on July 19 near the Greek capital of Athens, causing residents to run into the streets in fear and firefighters to check for people trapped in elevators….

AccuWeather, by Amanda Schmidt: Monster hail fell from the sky and hammered areas of the central United States on Tuesday, shattering a state record. Earlier on Tuesday before the storms developed, AccuWeather Extreme Meteorologist Reed Timmer warned that Colorado’s state…

Fanatical Futurist, by Matthew Griffin: Scientists from ETH Zurich have announced a major breakthrough and a world first – for the first time anywhere they’ve managed to get an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to create an entire bacterial genome. The…

Crux, by Christopher White: Vatican foreign secretary Archbishop Paul Gallagher hailed the relationship between the United States and the Holy See as “strong and solid” on Wednesday during a visit to the nation’s capital. The second highest-ranking Vatican diplomat’s remarks…

Catholic News Agency: The British parliament voted Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland – a vote that will take effect only if the region’s own legislature is not functional by Oct. 21. British MPs voted 383-73…

Catholic Herald, by Catholic News Agency: Christians are called to win the battle of ideas and values in secular society, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said on Tuesday. In a speech delivered to the Alliance Defending Freedom Summit on Religious Liberty…

The Trumpet: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on July 4. This is his third meeting with the pope—a high number for a dictator who is closely allied with the Orthodox Church, which split from…

National Catholic Register, by Joan Frawley Desmond: A measure that required California priests to break the seal of the confessional was pulled by its sponsor, Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, July 8, offering a reprieve for state Catholics who strongly…

WorldNetDaily: At least 100 men, women, and children have been incinerated in a “well-targeted attack” on Christians by jihadists in central Mali, according to reports. The exact number of victims who died in Sobame Da, a mainly Christian village, isn’t…

The Atlantic, by Peter Wehner: Last week, Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s founder and chairman, told the group, “There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more…

France 24, by Louise Nordstrom: On June 19, Paris’s Mayor Anne Hidalgo honored LGBTQI+ icons by renaming four squares and streets after them in the French capital’s fourth arrondissement, which is located in the Marais – the city’s unofficial LGBTQI+…

Irish Central: The Vatican has published a note rejecting potential new legislation that would mandate clergy members to report instances of child abuse heard during the sacrament of confession. The note comes after California passed Senate Bill 360 on May…