Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Jubilee at St. Peter’s Basilica on December 8 after holding a Mass, and called the faithful to pass through the door in order to rediscover God’s mercy. The pope had declared an Extraordinary…

Twenty-eight-year-old Syed Farook and 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik amassed a cache of weapons and ammunition and explosive devices in their Redlands, CA home as they prepared for the deadly assault. Both were Muslims that had been radicalized in Saudi Arabia. Malik…

The European Union and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement after two years of intense negotiations, which will remove virtually all tariffs between them. “The EU and Vietnam can do great things together,” said EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. Trade…

The heaviest rains in over a century caused massive flooding across the state of Tamil Nadu, in the Indian sub-continent, with more rain to come. More than a million people have been affected. Many thousands are homeless. Auto factories have…

Pope Francis visited three nations in Africa in late November, Kenya, Uganda and the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR). He had been invited by the heads of state and the local bishops in each of the three countries. In Kenya,…

Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, German media have started talking of a new world war. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily wrote that the West is in “a third world war.” Tagesspiegel said “the West – in fact, the entire…

Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane Tuesday, 24 November, precipitating a long-feared crisis in Syria’s civil war. A Turkish military statement said the plane entered Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province. This is the first…

“France cannot do everything at once,” said the French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. He was requesting military assistance from his EU partners. The French army is going in many different directions. It is waging an air war against the…

On Sunday, November 15, Pope Francis paid a visit to the Lutheran Evangelical Christuskirche in Rome to meet with leaders and other members of the community. He also participated in their liturgy. Calling on Lutherans and Catholics to walk together…

In a recent interview with Yahoo News, Trump was asked if he would want to increase surveillance and tracking of American Muslims. “We’re going to have to do things that we never did before,” he said. “And some people are…

Two days after the horrendous terrorist attacks, Pope Francis preached about the “end times,” encouraging his hearers to be vigilant and ready at any moment to meet God face to face. Ten thousand pilgrims were gathered in St. Peter’s Square…

On Friday the 13th of November, three groups of terrorists assaulted seven places in Paris, France, killing 129 innocent people. About 9:20pm, during a soccer match between France and Germany outside the Stadium of France (Stade de France), a suicide…