Pope Francis will directly challenge the “American idea” of God-given rights in the Declaration of Independence, says Jeffrey Sachs, a top advisor to the Vatican. Sachs is also a special advisor to the United Nations and director of the Earth…

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Just when you thought the Roman Catholic child sex abuse scandal had disappeared, it has resurfaced. The Royal Commission in Australia is still investigating many hundreds of cases, as more complaints continue to arise. And now one of its most…

President Obama wants American Christians to “act a lot more like Pope Francis,” and that fighting poverty should be their emphasis. President Obama was speaking at Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit University in America, at the ecumenical Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit…

Cuban President Raul Castro visited Pope Francis on Sunday, May 10, 2015 and said that if Pope Francis keeps going the way he is, he will return to praying and to the church. They met for an hour, which is…

Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York recently conferred a papal knighthood on Rabbi Arthur Schneier for “good works” he has done to “promote religious freedom and international peace.” Schneier, 85, is the senior rabbi of the Park East…

The Waldensian Methodist Church of Italy has announced that the date is set and the program is organized for Pope Francis to make an official visit to the Waldensian Temple of Turin. There he will meet with the world’s oldest…

Pope Francis has added a stop to his trip to the United States this coming September – The White House. U.S. officials have confirmed the meeting on September 23 with an official opening ceremony at the presidential residence. The pope…

“Raul and Fidel Castro were raised by a rosary-reciting, Catholic mother. They attended high school at the Jesuit-run Belen College, although Raul didn’t finish. Despite initially declaring Cuba atheists state, the Castro’s have regularly, if hypocritically, paid respect to the…

President Obama is increasingly allied with the Vatican on controversial policies. Pope Francis stands virtually shoulder-to-shoulder with the White House on a number of issues including income inequality and climate change. The White House and the Papacy secretly collaborated to…

The Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation have reached an epoch-making turning-point, said Rev. Martin Junge, General Secretary of The Lutheran World Federation. The relationship between Lutherans and Catholics is being transformed “from conflict to communion,” he said during…

For many years popular California mega church pastor Rick Warren has been advocating ecumenical unity. After his personal visit at the Vatican recently where he made a presentation on family values, he now believes that though there are still some…