In an attempt to keep Great Britain in the European Union, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council sent a letter to the Union’s 28 members with proposal aimed at reaching a compromise with London on its demands for remaining…

Pope Francis was prepared to do everything he could to get a climate change agreement signed in Paris. But Cardinal Peter Turkson, who helped draft the papal encyclical on climate said Pope Francis has “deep trust” that negotiators in Paris…

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, the president of the Republic of Togo met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on January 28. He then met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard. A Vatican statement said, “During the…

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The Holy See has diplomatic relations with 180 nations, and its diplomatic corps is the oldest of all, going all the way back in some cases to the 5th century, and more formally since the 15th century. Today, the Vatican’s…

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Pope Francis has frequently criticized the economic system and capitalism as inadequate to help the poor. The Global Foundation, an Australian non-profit that promotes discussion between business, government and other civil institutions, organized the meeting. The meeting at the Vatican…

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…

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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…