Pope Francis was prepared to do everything he could to get a climate change agreement signed in Paris. But Cardinal Peter Turkson, who helped draft the papal encyclical on climate said Pope Francis has “deep trust” that negotiators in Paris…

The World Health Organization has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus as a global “public health emergency of international concern” and has said that it will spread everywhere except Canada and Chile. Considered for many years to be a minor-league virus,…

The United Kingdom has gone bonkers. They tried giving school children a diverse array of 25 options to gender-identify themselves on a government-sponsored gender survey. The bizarre and misleading survey, which was given to 13-18-year-olds, included “tri-gender,” and “genderqueer,” “in…

On October 31 there will be a one-day ecumenical commemoration in Lund, Sweden of the start of the Protestant Reformation. And Pope Francis will be on hand to conduct a worship service for the 500th anniversary of the posting of…

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, the president of the Republic of Togo met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on January 28. He then met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard. A Vatican statement said, “During the…

In an effort to deepen unity, Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s mistreatment of other Christians, and called on Catholics to forgive followers of those traditions for any offenses of “today and in the past.” Rome increasingly covers her…

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump unequivocally embraced the evangelical Christian community in a Saturday speech in Sioux Center, Iowa. “I’m a true believer,” he said. “And you’re many true believers — I hope all — is everybody a true believer…

The Holy See has diplomatic relations with 180 nations, and its diplomatic corps is the oldest of all, going all the way back in some cases to the 5th century, and more formally since the 15th century. Today, the Vatican’s…

Pope Francis cordially met with Angelo Savarin, the President of the Commonwealth of Dominica. They discussed the good bilateral relations between the Holy See and the Caribbean island nation, which is 61 percent Catholic. Like with almost every other nation,…

Pope Francis, a self-confessed tech “dinosaur,” met with the longtime CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, for a private audience on January 15. While there is much speculation about the 15-minute meeting at the Vatican, it is not clear what the…

François Hollande is seeking to expand the emergency powers extended in November 2015 after the terrorist attacks in Paris. The state of emergency gave the government authority to search houses without a warrant and restrict the right to peaceful assembly,…

Pope Francis has frequently criticized the economic system and capitalism as inadequate to help the poor. The Global Foundation, an Australian non-profit that promotes discussion between business, government and other civil institutions, organized the meeting. The meeting at the Vatican…