On the eve of the European Union’s 60th birthday, Donald Tusk was re-elected to a second two and a half year term as the European Council President almost unanimously, with the exception of Poland, his home country. Tusk is a…

Remains of a significant number of children lie in a mass grave adjacent to a former Catholic home for unmarried mothers in Tuam, County Galway. The Bon Secours Sisters, a Catholic religious order, ran the home. The grave consists of…

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, which established the EEC (one of the European Union’s precursors), European leaders will hold a summit to discuss the question of how to keep the European Union together…

“More and more Americans are getting swept up in these (FISA) searches,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) told Congress during the confirmation hearing of former Senator Dan Coates. Coates has been nominated by President Trump to head of the National Security…

EU heads of state and government are planning to meet with Pope Francis in Rome on March 24, ahead of a summit to discuss what the EU would look like after Brexit. The Summit marks the 60th anniversary of the…

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will make a six-day trip to Colombia in September with four cities on his itinerary, Bogotá, Villavicencio, Medellín and Cartagena. The trip will take place almost a year after the government and FARC rebels…

Pennsylvania Republican State Rep. Rick Saccone held a rally in Harrisburg recently where he announced that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate against Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. next year. Religious Right historian David Barton and Sam Rohrer…

The governments of England and Wales have announced that they would let local councils decide whether to allow large retailers to open longer hours on Sunday than previously permitted. The Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England and a number…

The Croatian Bishop’s Conference has launched an initiative to legally forbid working on Sunday and called on Croatian citizens to support them and contribute to the preservation of Sunday in its historical meaning as a non-working day which is an…

Michael Overd and Michael Stockwell, two British street preachers, have been convicted of a public order offence after quoting parts of the King James Bible. The prosecutor claimed that quoting the KJV should “be considered to be abusive and is…

Steven Bannon, now part of the West Wing and perhaps the closest adviser to President Trump is, first and foremost an Apocalypticist, meaning that he believes that war is inevitable. He derives his views from William Strauss and Neil Howe…

Bill and Melinda Gates are philanthropists. Through their foundation they use their extreme wealth to support causes that will improve the lives of some of the poorest people on earth. They are good human moralists, and in many ways to…