Working with patients who had depression, Scientists in Massachusetts measured the extent of their belief in God and have found that 80 percent of the patients reported some belief in God. Those with the strongest belief in God “appeared less…

A Swedish research team has discovered that singing hymns unifies a congregation in a soothing way. Researchers of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden studied the heart rates of a high school choir as they sang…

“The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a small Christian-owned photography business does not have the right to decline on religious grounds to shoot a same-sex commitment ceremony.” Many are concerned that the ruling suggests that pressure for same-sex…

USA Today carried an article exploring the question whether parents should let their teenage children living at home have romantic sleepovers, and even cohabitation to prevent sneaking around and to foster better communication. Movie star Angelina Jolie shocked her fans…

Government forces killed more than 1300 people near Damascus in a pre-dawn rocket attack that released nerve gas on three residential suburbs. The shocking images include many dead, including women and children. Most of the people were still sleeping. If…

Russia recently implemented new anti-sodomy legislation ahead of the Olympic Winter Games, and the International Olympic Committee IOC is “cross” with Russia for doing so. The law bans “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations.” It imposes fines on those who hold…

The U.S. Army is buying nearly 600,000 magazines for Russian made AK-47s. The magazines hold 30 rounds of ammunition each. The trouble is, the AK-47 is not standard issue for the U.S. military. Nor is it standard issue for NATO….

The current 113th U.S. Congress has a strong representation of 50 Jesuit Alumni among its 535 members. While that is a little less than the 54 Jesuit Alumni in the 112th Congress, it represents 9.3% of the congressional makeup. That…

Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron said he was proud to be the Prime Minister under whose government same-sex marriage was legalized in Britain just one year after giving his personal guarantee to do so by 2015. Britain is now “the…

Many people have changed their relationship to the internet as a result of the revelations of NSA collection of U.S. citizen data by Edward Snowden. Some have even come under scrutiny for innocent Google searches or PayPal transactions, which has…

One day after the British House of Commons approved a same-sex marriage bill Queen Elizabeth II signed it into law. The new law permits same-sex couples to marry in religious and civil ceremonies. Gay and lesbian couples already had the…

A Spanish train derailed killing at least 79 passengers. Officials at first said they believed it to be an accident. All 13 carriages flew off the track as the train sped at high speed around a bend. Described as a…