CNN, by B Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová: Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of…

Parade, by Kelsey Kryger: Sundays are a designated day for resting, recovering and resetting for the new week ahead. Out of all of the days in the week, Sundays serve as a universal pause button, giving us the chance to…

The Christian Post, by Richard D. Land: Over the past several months hundreds, if not thousands, of acts of violence have been perpetrated against the Tesla Corporation and its creator, Elon Musk. Tesla auto dealerships have been torched and vandalized…

The Brown Daily Herald, by Evan Tao: When I lived on campus last summer, I had an overwhelming amount of free time on the weekends. On Friday nights, I would go to Shabbat dinners hosted by Jewish friends. We would…

The Christian Post, by Ryan Foley: Over a dozen Christian leaders prayed with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, with one saying that the assassination attempt last summer has caused the president to embrace faith groups even…

Vatican News, by Joseph Tulloch: Eighty-eight “public-facing Catholics”, including five cardinals, came together in New York late last week for a three-day conference hosted by Fordham University. The ‘ecclesial gathering’, which was dedicated to Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli tutti,…

This article has been translated from German. adventisten.ch, by Marvin Brand: The Seventh-day Adventist Church in German-speaking Switzerland (DSV) is a new member of the umbrella organization of Freikirchen.ch. Admission was unanimously approved at the umbrella organization’s most recent leadership…

USA Today, by Jeanine Santucci: Flood watches and warnings blanketed the nation from Texas to Ohio on Saturday as forecasters warned already deadly storms and flooding rainfall would keep going. At least nine people have died as the storms swept…

The Guardian, by Robin McKie: Scientists are refining plans to build the world’s biggest machine at a site beneath the Swiss-French border. More than $30bn (£23bn) would be spent drilling a 91km circular tunnel in which subatomic particles would be…

The Guardian, by Helena Smith: People on the Aegean islands, more used in April to the sight and scent of spring’s blossoms, have been left reeling from flash floods spurred by typhoon-strength gales, with authorities calling a state of emergency…

CBN, by Chris Mitchell: President Donald Trump warned Iran that if the Tehran regime doesn’t negotiate, things will go very badly. Trump’s warning is the latest signal that military action by Israel and the U.S. may be the next major…

CBS News, by Kerry Breen: The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the last eight months.  It’s an unfolding disaster for the industry. Blake Shook, one of…