PBS News, by Nicole Winfield: Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and…

AP News, by Stephen Groves: The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into one of the most influential positions in…

The Christian Post, by Michael Gryboski: President Donald Trump has announced that he will create a commission to protect religious liberty and to combat what he called “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government. Trump gave a speech at a private…

The U.S. Sun, by Iona Cleave: VLADIMIR Putin vowed to deploy his hypersonic “Satan-2” nuclear-capable missiles in a chilling new threat to the West. The Russian leader said that the new generations of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles – thought to…

NutritionFacts.org, by Michael Greger M.D.: Can the aroma of wood essential oils replicate the immune-boosting effects of walking in a forest? Studies on the effects of “forest bathing,” or shinrin-yoku in Japanese, “a traditional practice characterized by visiting a forest…

NutritionFacts.org, by Michael Greger M.D.: Natural killer cells are one of the ways our body fights off cancer, and visiting a forest can induce a significant increase in both their numbers and their activity. I’ve previously shown how exposure to…

The Christian Post, by Anugrah Kumar: At least 10 people were killed in a school shooting in Sweden on Tuesday, with police officers confirming the suspected gunman also died after carrying out what is being described as the worst mass…

Hope Media: (translated from Italian) Sustainability and the environment in the spotlight at the Sae conference in Camaldoli, between ethics and spirituality. Adventist News – One month after the closing of the Ecumenical Training Session of the Sae (Secretariat for…

America Magazine, by Meg Giordano: I teach philosophy at a Jesuit liberal arts college. I am an ecumenical chaplain at that same Jesuit school, where I have also been a mentor in the Manresa program, an undergraduate community inspired by…

Prima Pagina, by Redazione Prima Pagina Mazara: (translated from Italian) About 500 scouts yesterday morning participated in the event “100 years of Scouting in Mazara del Vallo” organized by A.G.E.S.C.I. (Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts Association), A.I.S.A. (Italian Adventist Scout…

Catholic News Agency, by AC Wimmer: Pope Francis has proposed celebrating the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea together with Orthodox leaders in a personal letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. The letter, published by the Vatican…

Catholic Culture, by Peter Wolfgang: To me, October 31st is Halloween. No, not the gruesome Halloween. Not the celebration of the occult that our culture has increasingly leaned into since at least the 1990s. October 31st is, rather, the more…