In another Gallup poll released recently, Americans who believe the Bible is “the actual word of God” and that it should be taken literally word for word,” is now down to 28 percent from 40 percent in 1979. The poll…

Judges in Oregon, Pennsylvania and Arkansas have struck down same-sex marriage bans giving same-sex marriage more legal victories. The Pennsylvania ruling strikes down the last remaining ban in the U.S. Northeast region. “We are a better people than what these…

A recent Gallup poll reveals that most Americans believe gay marriage should be legal and have the same legal benefits as traditional marriage. The fifty-five percent majority is an all-time high. In 1996 the Gallup polling organization says the percentage…

Studies say that exercise can remodel the brain by stimulating new brain cells and other positive changes. But now it appears that inactivity also remodels the brain in a negative way, says a new study. Inactivity changes the shape of…

For the first time in New Zealand history, the Governor General met with Pope Francis. During the private audience with Sir Jerry Mateparae the two men spoke of social and economic life in New Zealand as well as the Catholic…

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, along with his wife and several members of his government, met with Pope Francis in Rome. During the 20 minute meeting, the two men discussed the “good relations between the Holy See and…

During his meeting with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations and the UN Board, Pope Francis told the world body leaders they must do more to help the poor and should encourage the “legitimate redistribution” of wealth. The…

President Obama’s political formation was steeped in the Roman Catholic left. At 25 years of age Barack Obama was involved in training Roman Catholics how to be politically engaged. By 1987, after two short years in Chicago as a community…

“Have you ever heard two Jesuits talking to each other?” said one observer. “You have to listen not to what they say, but to what they do not say.” The Financial Times ran an article that described the way in…

The liberal dark ages with including censorship and persecution are here. Don’t expect conservative views to get much traction in the new world of liberal intellectualism. Kirsten Powers, writing in USA Today, described the new era as “an age of…

Expect wild and dangerous weather in late 2014 because of a very big El Niño. Storms, floods and droughts are expected around the Pacific, which will wreak havoc and death. An El Niño is a splurge of warm water in…

San Diego County has a string of dangerous wildfires that have burned homes and displaced tens of thousands of people and shut down schools and amusement parks. At least eight homes, two businesses and an18-unit condominium have been destroyed so…