America Magazine: Pope Francis made history this morning when he celebrated Mass for more than 135,000 Catholics from many nations and cultures at the Zayed Sports stadium in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It was the largest Christian…

Fortune: Pope Francis met with Microsoft President Brad Smith on Wednesday at the Vatican to discuss the ethical use of artificial intelligence [AI] and how to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor nations, Reuters reports. The Vatican’s Academy for Life, a research…

Just days after the pope signed the most important interfaith document in history; he had the opportunity to address global political leaders by video at the World Government Summit in Dubai. During his remarks he once again stressed the need…

The New Yorker: No one tells a Supreme Court Justice when to retire. But there are currently two retirement dramas under way at the Court—one semi-public and the other semi-private—and they both have the potential to reshape the meaning of the…

Catholic News Agency: A Catholic doctor in Australia could face suspension or the loss of his license for refusing to refer a couple who sought the sex-based abortion of their unborn daughter. “I refused to refer the patient because there…

The Guardian: The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has sharply rebuked Washington’s European allies over their efforts to shield their businesses from US sanctions on Iran, as transatlantic tensions over U.S. foreign policy were laid bare at a conference in Warsaw….

CharismaNews: At the foot of the rebuilt World Trade Center in New York City, a somber 9/11 monument features the names of the 2,606 people who died in the terrorist attack. Besides those names, it also mentions 11 unborn children….

CNA The Venezuelan bishops met Friday with Juan Guaidó, the national opposition leader who has declared himself interim president, in an effort to mobilize the entrance of humanitarian aid to the crisis-stricken country. “Today, February 1, we are continuing to…

Daily Mail UK: President Vladimir Putin says he is suspending Russian participation in a landmark Cold War-era missile treaty in response to the US announcement yesterday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the US would no longer comply…

It’s a new year, but Americans are fighting a battle as old as the nation itself. It’s the battle to preserve our free speech and for the first time we’re losing — badly. The new front lines of this fight…

Christian Headlines: Some conservatives are worried that the liberal Left and some upcoming Texas state bills may try “to ban Christianity in Texas.” Erick Erickson, a conservative blogger and radio host, writes in The Resurgent, that some half a dozen bills…

Associated Press: The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take…