Earlier this year, it came to light that the German intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), had assisted the NSA in spying on European institutions, companies and even Germans. It came under heavy criticism for that. Then three weeks ago, news…

On the Friday before Halloween, students at Hidden Lake High School in Westminster walked in to Mrs. Mitchell’s art class excited about the holiday. Mrs. Mitchell did not share their excitement. “Out of nowhere,” Mrs. Mitchell brought out tarot cards…

During the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965, there was a change in the way Catholics related to Jews. The Council said “Christ’s death could not be attributed to Jews as a whole, recognized the shared spiritual patrimony between Christians and Jews…

The airline industry has been consolidating globally, with three huge U.S. airlines emerging from six (not to mention two discount carriers merging into one), while a number of smaller European airlines have been gobbled up by the big players like…

Low rainfall is a huge problem for the Zambizi River in Zambia. It affects water levels, food crops and electricity generation among other things. In Zimbabwe’s lake Kariba, for instance, there is approximately two months left of water for electricity…

The federal government has stepped into a thorny issue in Illinois saying that schools must give transgender students full locker room access, or else. The Obama administration slammed a suburban Chicago public school district for not providing a (male) transgender…

For the first time in living memory, the Catholic Church made a global appeal to world leaders to come to an agreement on climate change, in yet another bid to insert herself into global politics. Roman Catholic leaders including cardinals,…

South Korea’s Catholic Church has grown to 5.5 million members from 500,000 in 1960. It is expected that by 2044, 56 percent of the South Korean population will be Roman Catholic. The pope hopes to foster a climate of reconciliation…

The World Council of Churches proclaimed a “right to hope” in a world threatened by climate change on April 28 by World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr. Olav Rykse Tveit at the Vatican. “Climate change makes crystal clear…

On his first day in Cuba, Pope Francis urged the United States and Cuba to set an example for the world by deepening their ties. Pope Francis helped secretly broker the rapprochement between the former Cold War foes. “I urge…

After the deal that permitted Iran to enrich uranium, a senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official told Ed Royce (R-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the UAE will also seek to enrich uranium. UAE Ambassador to the…

Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill that forces crisis pregnancy centers that are a counterbalance to the abortion industry to refer pregnant women to and promote abortion centers. AB 775, called the “Reproductive FACT Act,” has no conscience clause…