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…

Typhoon Hagupit (also known as Ruby) struck close to Manila on Luzon Island on December 8, killing 22 people and destroyed 1,500 homes. More than one million people fled to emergency shelters and to safer ground. Thirteen months prior, Super…

Pope Francis recently traveled to Strasbourg to address the European Parliament. The European Union is a pet project of the Papacy. Calling for “a return to the convictions of the founders of the European Union,” the pope warned that Europe…

The European Union’s Ambassador to the Holy See says that the EU and the Vatican have “very good” relations. Laurence Argimon-Pistre said “There is a long-standing relationship between the European Union and the Vatican.” That relationship goes back thousands of…

Jesuit-trained Christopher Pyne, the Education Minister of the Abbott coalition government in Australia is pushing for religious schools to receive government funding. Taxpayers would subsidize the training of priests, pastors, theologians, other religious workers and even Bible studies at private…

For many years popular California mega church pastor Rick Warren has been advocating ecumenical unity. After his personal visit at the Vatican recently where he made a presentation on family values, he now believes that though there are still some…

A grand jury decision in Ferguson, MO that declined to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown was followed by protests, some of them violent. More than 25 businesses and at least 10 cars were set on…

Marijuana is now legal in Oregon, Alaska and Washington, DC. Voters approved sweeping pro-marijuana legislation that legalized possession, manufacture and sale of the drug. California, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada and Arizona are also likely to let voters decide. Like in Colorado…

Evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren and Southern Baptist Russell Moore urged Christians not to waver on Bible principles of sexuality and marriage at a Vatican colloquium held November 17-19. “Western culture now celebrates casual sexuality, cohabitation, no-fault divorce, family redefinition,…