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…

“I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that…

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…

“The increasing efforts by evangelicals, and especially a new breed of young activists, to re-examine their attitudes and beliefs about LGBT people is a welcome development.” Gene Robinson, first openly gay and partnered bishop in the Episcopal Church. Source Reference…

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…

“When you have mass surveillance, it’s impossible to meet the intent of the First Amendment because reporters can’t talk to sources because sources are afraid to talk.” Pierre Omidyar, Founder of Ebay. Source Reference An Interview With Pierre Omidyar

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….

“If we really want to cherish religious freedom, people who want to believe that same-sex marriage should take place, they have a right to believe that, and people who want to believe it’s inappropriate, we should not demonize those people…

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 euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.” Angela Merkel, three time Chancellor of Germany. Source Reference In Maintaining Support for the Euro, Who Speaks for Europe?

“There is a massive apparatus within the United States government that with complete secrecy has been building this enormous structure that has only one goal, and that is to destroy privacy and anonymity, not just in the United States, but…

“What was intended as a shield to protect religious liberty has now become a sword to destroy it. What was intended to defend people of faith against being forced by government, under penalty of law, to affirmatively violate their First…