Deaths in the medieval Italian towns of Amatrice, Arquata del Tronto, Ascoli Piceno, Accumoli di Rieti, and Pescara del Tronto have climbed to 268 with 387 being treated in hospitals. The devastation has made it difficult for rescuers to conduct…

One and a half million people came to Pope Francis’s farewell mass in Kraków, Poland at the end of World Youth Day. “In a time of increasing skepticism towards authority, no other world leader could draw a crowd like that….

Athens is under pressure to introduce a six-day working week as part of the stiff terms for the country’s second bailout. The supervisory “troika,” which involves the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund is insisting…

Germany is changing. In spite of its Nazi past, which has kept right-wing populist movements out on the fringes of German politics, the anti-migrant AfD (Alternative for Germany) may have muscled its way in. Because of discontent with Chancellor Angela…

Hillary Clinton claims to be a defender of religious freedom. But her definition of it is limited mostly to worship. And even houses of worship appear to be targets of “compelling government interest” when it comes to abortion and same-sex…

Almost 500 years after Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses against the sale of indulgences and other abuses of the Catholic Church on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, the largest U.S. denomination of…

Liberals champion distribution of free condoms in high schools to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. But distribution of free condoms seems to be related to a significant increase in these things. Though liberals tried to explain away these findings…

While Sweden is the most advanced nation toward a cashless society, America, though far behind, is moving in that direction. Increasing numbers of restaurants and retailers are now snubbing the lowly dollar bill. SweetGreen, a salad chain, for instance, refused…

The 2016 Mekudeshet Festival might accurately be dubbed a predecessor of the one world religion. Christians, Jews and Muslims are flocking to the Holy City for a “spiritual gathering” dubbed Amen—A House of Prayer For All Believers. The goal of…

“I don’t use cash any more, for anything,” said Louise Henriksson, 26, a teaching assistant in Sweden. “You just don’t need it. Shops don’t want it; lots of banks don’t even have it. Even for a candy bar or a…

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said a Republican (Trump) White House might restore some religious freedoms that had been taken from Christians over the years. Dobson who is on Trump’s Evangelical Executive Advisory Board said a Trump…

According to a 2012 Pentagon report declassified in 2015, the U.S. Administration was fully aware that it was cultivating the rise of the Islamic State. The report reveals that Western governments coordinated with Gulf States and Turkey to intentionally support…