“Scientists from Northwestern University published a study in the journal Neuropsychologia attempting to establish a link between religious fundamentalism and brain impairment.” The findings suggest that religious fundamentalists have less cognitive flexibility, in addition, the study states that damage to…

“A new report, Europe’s Young Adults and Religion, reveals that European youth (ages 16-29) have abandoned the Christianity of their ancestors [Catholicism] in large numbers, and now many young people, in some countries more than 50%, do not identify with…

Sometimes governments actually do something good. The Australian Federal Government has “ignored the Australian Greens and anti-complementary medicine activists like Doctor Ken Harvey, from Friends of Science in Medicine, a “skeptic” group, and passed a reform package that protects traditional…

“Churchgoers will no longer have to fumble in their pockets and purses for loose change or notes as the Church of England introduces contactless payment terminals in more than 16,000 churches, cathedrals and other religious sites.” The aim is to…

The earth has seen a four-fold increase in major flooding events since 1980, and a doubling of significant storms, droughts and heat waves, says Europe’s national science academies. In Europe, where precise data reaches back decades, the number of severe…

Peter Thiel is building a panic room in his New Zealand property. He is part of a growing number of American millionaires choosing New Zealand as their “Doomsday destination.” They fear many things, from a public backlash over Silicon Valley’s…

On December 12, 2017, ahead of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak, which is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling AKP party, published an article titled “A Call…

After the death of Billy Graham, Vice President Mike Pence reminded CPAC attendees of Graham’s speech at the National Cathedral after the 9/11 terror attacks. Pence called on the crowd to “reconnect … with one another … with our communities”…

COMECE, together with its partners of the European Sunday Alliance, organized at the European Parliament a panel debate on the role of common free time for social, religious and civic engagement and volunteering. The event, hosted by MEPs Evelyn Regner and…