The end-time is on the mind of Michele Bachmann. In a radio interview she said, “We need to realize how close this clock is getting to the midnight hour.” Bachmann is a former Minnesota Republican congresswoman. “We in our lifetimes…

Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York recently conferred a papal knighthood on Rabbi Arthur Schneier for “good works” he has done to “promote religious freedom and international peace.” Schneier, 85, is the senior rabbi of the Park East…

For the second time in less than a year, Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations met with Pope Francis on Thursday, April 30. This is the first time they have discussed climate change as the main…

In a stunning reversal from a decade ago, some of the largest religious groups in the United States are worried that their opposition to same-sex marriage will make them outcasts in American society. Ten years ago same-sex couples said they…

Pope Francis will make an Apostolic visit to South American countries Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July. The pope had confirmed a visit to Latin America in January. “The three Latin American countries that are foreseen for this year are:…

The streets of Baltimore erupted in violence Monday night, April 27, just hours after Freddie Gray, who died in police custody, was buried. City and state police were surprised by the violence and lost control as stores were pillaged and…

More than 4,000 people have been killed and many thousands injured in a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on Saturday, April 25. Rescuers desperately searched for survivors buried in the rubble as the death toll soared. The entire army…

Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Visit to Sarrajevo in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 6, 2015. During his packed schedule he will visit the President of the Republic at the Presidential Palace, address authorities, conduct a…

On his way to the United States this coming September, Pope Francis will visit the Island nation of Cuba, the Holy See Press Office confirmed. The pope will also meet with President Barack Obama at the White House and will…

Australian parents who choose not to have their children vaccinated will lose childcare benefits up to $15,000 starting in 2016. Currently, the government estimates that 39,000 children under age seven have not received immunizations because their parents are vaccine objectors….

On Monday, April 20, 2015, Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Conference of European Rabbis at the Vatican. No pope has ever met with the conference before. “Anti-Semitic trends in Europe,” the pope said at the historic meeting,…

The Waldensian Methodist Church of Italy has announced that the date is set and the program is organized for Pope Francis to make an official visit to the Waldensian Temple of Turin. There he will meet with the world’s oldest…