North Korea has threatened “indiscriminate nuclear strikes on the U.S. and South Korea as they began their largest ever military drills. North Korea says it views the annual war games as a rehearsal for invasion. Last year during the war…

The move toward a cashless society is gradually getting traction. Arguments in favor of eliminating high denomination bank notes are frequent in the press. The first step to a cashless society is to remove high denomination bank notes on concerns…

Pope Francis met with Russian Patriarch Kirill on February 12. Their two churches have been separated for more than 1000 years. Kirill is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, which is involved in Russian politics. There is much more…

U.S. President Barak Obama called for the world to unite to fight the scourge of terrorism in response to the deadly attacks in Belgium. “We can and will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around…

“Pope Francis is more popular than any political world leader,” according to a new opinion poll, said the BBC. The pole, conducted by WIN/Gallup International questioned 1,000 people in 64 countries, suggested that he is the most popular political leader…

Spain is starting to curb freedom of speech. Police arrested two puppeteers in Madrid on February 5 that had made entertaining comments that combined the words Al Qaeda and ETA (the Basque separatist group. Some parents had complained, so police…

The British government conceded defeat concerning its plans to relax Sunday trading laws. The government attempted to let larger shops trade for longer than six hours each Sunday, but was thwarted by 31 votes, including from members of Prime Minister…

“It is necessary to put aside internal disagreements and unite efforts for saving Christianity in the regions where it is subjected to the most severe persecution.” Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarian, concerning the audience of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill in…

El Papa Francisco describió la crisis migratoria de Europa como una “invasión árabe”, y agregó que “Europa se está debilitando” por “olvidar su propia historia…”, es decir, su historia católica. “Hay algo que me molesta”, dijo el Papa Francisco. “Por…

Pope Francis has often spoken about persecution of Christians, by Muslim extremists and even called it an “ecumenism of blood.” But on Catholic persecution of Protestants, he has been silent, even when traveling in Mexico recently. For two years, 27…

Pope Francis met with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Rui Maria de Araújo. According to the Vatican, the discussions were cordial and covered the good relations between the Holy See and Timor-Leste, “the historical…

Now think about this. The Vatican has observer status at the United Nations. When the UN was established in 1945, the Papacy did not have the advantage it has now with a neutered Protestantism through the ecumenical movement, and a…