As globalism expands, there are three political blocs that are rising, the non-democratic or authoritarian, which includes Russia and China and their orbit of smaller states, the extremist groups, like the Islamic State, Al Qaeda, and Boko Haram, and the…

President Obama is increasingly allied with the Vatican on controversial policies. Pope Francis stands virtually shoulder-to-shoulder with the White House on a number of issues including income inequality and climate change. The White House and the Papacy secretly collaborated to…

The Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation have reached an epoch-making turning-point, said Rev. Martin Junge, General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation. The relationship between Lutherans and Catholics is being transformed “from conflict to communion,” he said during…

On the Papal charter plane to the Philippines, Pope Francis told media that there are “limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s faith.” The Pope was referring to the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo studios…

California has had three years of low rainfall and is the worst drought in 1,200 years, says a new study conducted by Geophysical Research Letters. Record high temperatures and unusually low levels of rain and snow have been the main…

Faith leaders must work harder to prevent religiously motivated violence, says Jerry White, deputy assistant Secretary of State in the U.S. government’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. White was in Rome recently to promote a “Global Covenant of World…

Speaking at the International Discussion Club, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the establishment of a new world order. The annual forum, held in Sochi, Russia, brings together experts from dozens of countries to debate the role of Russia in…

Faith Groups and churches in the United States have joined together to launch Faith Counts (www.Faithcounts.net) an ecumenical organization designed to promote the value of faith in society. The main centerpiece of Faith Counts is a social medial campaign that…

On his return to the Vatican from Turkey in late November, Pope Francis urges Muslim leaders to condemn ISIS and other forms of religious extremism. Then, “in early December, a group of Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims, featuring Jordan’s Prince El…

Despite anger over American espionage of German citizens, including the spying on Angela Merkel, Germany continues to cooperate with the NSA. It has no choice. The Germans are very concerned about its citizens and the citizens of other European nations…

Hungary recently passed a new Sunday closing law that will go into effect March 15, 2015. The new law requires large stores of over 200 square meters to remain closed on Sundays while leaving small family owned businesses free to…

“I want to thank His Holiness, Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is,” Obama said Wednesday. The president was speaking…