Under the new extremism proposals in Britain, churches will be required to register Sunday schools with the government. Though the government claims that the proposals are not targeting Sunday schools, where a young person attends a “religious setting, it would…

In the four years since Pope Frances ascended the papal throne he has had a “signature diplomatic breakthrough” in three of them. He helped prevent an anti-Assad Western offensive in Syria in 2013; he helped the United States and Cuba…

For the first time in 450 years, a Roman Catholic service is to be celebrated in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace in London. Cardinal Archbishop Nichols of Westminster will celebrate Vespers. It will be the first Latin rite…

“Kenya’s evangelical churches have condemned government plans to make it tougher for religious bodies and clerics from all faiths to operate.” The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya says the government is aiming to stop the growth of evangelical churches” The proposals…

More than 1000 young men took advantage of the New Year’s Eve street party near train stations from Hamburg to Frankfurt, Germany to assault young women. Gangs of men described by the authorities as having a “North African or Arabic”…

We’ve seen and heard of massive wildfires and tornados in America, But 2015 was the worst on record with 9.8 million acres burned, which is the equivalent of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of New Hampshire all on fire….

It’s not only Pope Francis that is praising the agreement signed in Paris on the environment. “Four leading evangelical groups—the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Lausanne Creation Care Action Network, Tearfund, and A Rocha International—have joined him.” “As evangelical leaders, we…

The climate change conference in Paris follows a string of similar summits that have all been largely failures, to create an international agreement to combat climate change. But, Time magazine said, “there is a new player in town this year…

Vatican Radio reported that the leader of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit played a vital role in Paris, representing the voice of the poorest communities who are worst affected by climate change. In his…

Jesuits in Britain exuberantly proclaimed the news that a deal had been reached in Paris at the climate change summit, where 195 nations signed a new agreement struck December 11. Quoting from the Jesuits in Britain website… “A friend of…

In a “first of its kind” ruling, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled that a Catholic school discriminated against a man it had offered a job, and then rescinded it when they found out he was in a same-sex marriage….

Time has its reasons for picking the person of the year. They usually try to pick a person who has made the most impact on global society. Yes, it’s true, they support globalization, and Merkel is a “poster child” of…