“Sermons held in some mosques do not conform with the modern understanding of statehood,” Volker Kauder, conservative MP in Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic party, told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, stressing that the state “needs to act… There must be supervision.”…

Sometimes there is good news about freedom. But first there is bad news. A Christian family in Norway had their five children taken from them by the Norwegian Child Protective Services (NCPS), known as Barnevernet, for trivial reasons and placed…

The Vatican has voiced support for global health care. “The Holy See delegation welcomes the vital emphasis on the dignity of the human person and the strong focus on equity expressed in the pledge that ‘no one will be left…

Pope Francis is a man of the world. He is an undisputed media icon and rubs shoulders with fellow global celebrities, including George Clooney, Richard Gere and Salma Hayek. Each of them received an award at the Vatican for their…

When Pope Francis visits Sweden this coming October 31-November 1, he will participate in ecumenical events that mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The two-day, two city trip will include an ecumenical prayer service in Lund Cathedral and…

A bill introduced in the U.S. Congress by two democrats called the “Do No Harm Act” is designed to limit the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) by specifying that religious exceptions should not apply to “protections against discrimination or…

Singapore President, Tony Tan Keng Yam met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 28 to mark 35 years of diplomatic relations between the Southeast Asian country and the Holy See. This was the first ever state visit by…

U.S. Representative Rick Allen, (R-GA) suggested that dozens of his fellow Republicans sinned by backing an anti-discrimination proposal against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. He read a Bible verse condemning homosexuality and suggested that the bill’s supporters defied…

The spirit of voter unrest has taken over America. Voters on both sides of the political divide are angry and are demanding that politicians speak as angrily and as disrespectfully as they feel. Northeastern moms are mad. “California tree huggers…

Have you noticed how much rhetoric is spewed by the elites from Britain and around the world in favor of Britain remaining in the European Union? It is constant, and they are trying to scare the British people into remaining…

Leah Fessler was miserable. A feminist woman, (which is how Leah describes herself) is told that women can have casual sex without consequences, physical, emotional or otherwise. But Leah found that her experience with pseudo-relationships and that of her friends…

Phalodi, India holds the new record for the hottest day ever recorded. Registering a searing 51 degrees Celsius (123.8F), the highest since records began, the temperature in Phalodi topped the previous record of 50.6 (123F) in the northern Indian town…