For years, German companies’ corruption in Greece has been notorious and Greece is planning to seek damages from them. Siemens is probably the largest case. Siemens used bribes since the 1990s to secure lucrative contracts and has damaged the country…

Kenneth Hackett, the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See said that Pope Francis has “a very positive view of President Obama.” He said it is unlikely that the Pontiff would speak to Obama about abortion and same-sex marriage during his…

The Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage has started the United States on a slippery slope. The SCOTUS decision has helped activists achieve one of the central goals of social liberalism. What is the next advance? Now that the marriage…

Masterpiece Cake Shop owner Jack Phillips in Lakewood, Colorado lost his appeals court case to a gay couple in a fight on whether a wedding cake baker can refuse to provide a cake for a gay wedding because of his…

The Bundeswehr must undertake operations in Mali “so that people will no longer have to flee the violence and hopelessness,” claimed German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen during a speech in Mali. Von der Leyen is using Germany’s influx…

During his weekly Wednesday general audience, August 12, Pope Francis again promoted the idea that Sunday is the day of rest in contradiction to scripture. “The obsession with economic profit and technical efficiency puts the human rhythms of life at…

Pope Francis will use the same lectern that Abraham Lincoln used to deliver the Gettysburg Address to deliver his speech on immigration and religious liberty at the end of September when he visits Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families….

Did you know that Puerto Rico failed to make a $58 million debt payment, which significantly escalates its debt crisis? It’s true. And it just happened. The legislature did not appropriate the funds because it doesn’t have them. Since Puerto…

Jerry Brown was once a seminary student at a Jesuit University. Now as Governor of California, he is resonating with Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato Si. Under the pope’s influence, Brown says, “What’s unacceptable becomes acceptable.” Brown is now assisting…

The California state Senate approved a resolution praising Pope Francis’ climate encyclical and calling for politicians to get behind stewardship of the environment. The resolution was adopted before the two-day Vatican meeting July 21 and 22 with 60 city mayors…

by Jozef Daniel Astley Have you ever wondered why climate change has become such a major theme since the beginning of Pope Francis’ pontificate in 2013? The issue behind the issue is little known and understood. The Roman Pontiff and…

U.S. President Barack Obama recently visited his ancestral home in Kenya. During a joint press conference with the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta he challenged the Kenyan president on the issue of gay rights. “When you start treating people differently,” Mr….