Just before a peace conference to revive long-stalled talks with Israel, the Palestinian Authority has opened an embassy at the Vatican. The Vatican recognizes the Palestinian Authority as a state, giving it the right to establish the embassy. The embassy…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the Vatican Saturday before inaugurating his country’s new embassy to the Holy See. He met with Pope Francis to discuss peace efforts in the Middle East. The Vatican and the Palestinians have relations characterized as…

KTF News – Pope Francis’ Meeting in Assisi draws 500 Participants from many ReligionsWatch this video on YouTube Transcript of this video Source References Meeting of Assisi: A mosaic of religions and nationalities. All united for peace Pope says fundamentalism…

KTF News – Pope Francis Journalism Based on Rumors is TerrorismWatch this video on YouTube Transcript of this video Source References Pope says journalism based on rumors and fear is ‘terrorism’

KTF News – Pope Francis Condemns Proselytism AgainWatch this video on YouTube Transcript of this video Source References Pope again criticizes ‘proselytism’: ‘It is not licit that you convince them of your faith’ Pope: It’s a ‘very grave sin’ for…

Fortune and Time editors gathered with select Fortune 500 and Time 100 business leaders, scholars, NGOs, non-profits church leaders and philanthropists at the Vatican on December 2 and 3 2016 to discuss ending poverty. They discussed technology and jobs, global…

KTF News – Pentecostal Group Called “Walking Ecumenism”Watch this video on YouTube Transcript of this video Source References Pentecostal promotes what pope calls ‘walking ecumenism’

Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have begun to work together to remove extremist content on all their platforms through an information sharing initiative. They are creating a proactive shared database using unique digital fingerprints known as “hashes” for images and…

Pope Francis has decided to grant a plenary indulgence opportunity throughout the 100th anniversary year of the so-called apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal. The indulgence year began November 27, 2016. There are three ways to obtain the…

When Pope Francis wants to promote something important, it seems that he calls together city mayors to the Vatican to discuss the issue. That’s exactly what happened in Rome December 9 and 10 when 80 European mayors gathered at the…

KTF News – EU Pushes Climate Change Agreement to the BrinkWatch this video on YouTube Transcript of this video Source References EU fast-tracks Paris climate deal to brink of entering into force India Ratifies Paris Climate Change Agreement Obama, Chinese…

Pope Francis confirmed that he will visit Ireland in August of 2018. Roman Catholic Irish head of government Taoisigh Enda Kenny was on hand at the Vatican to receive the confirmation. The pope had already announced that he or his…