Pope Francis told 30,000 young people from his native Argentina that he expected them to cause a “revolution” after World Youth Day. “Shake things up,” he urged them. “Don’t forget to make a mess, to disturb complacency!” According to Catholic
A Palestinian toddler who was abandoned by his parents and refused payment for medical care by the Palestinian government, has been cared for at an Israeli hospital where doctors privately fundraised to cover costs of his care. According to the
According to Catholic News Agency, Pope Francis said on Monday that part of his World Youth Day mission was to help counter a “throwaway culture” that threatens to isolate young people from “a family, a country, a culture, a faith.”
Pro-life organization Live Action has launched its new website, “March on the Media,” a campaign that pledges to combat pro-abortion bias in the mainstream media. The initiative was launched in the wake of a recent report by Media Research Center
Georgia has now joined the states of Alabama, Utah, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania in withdrawing from the national Common Core tests. With this latest state withdrawal, the program appears to be in danger of unraveling. According to Politico, now that the new
Pope Francis met with wildly enthusiastic crowds during the first day of his visit to Brazil for World Youth Day 2013. The charismatic and spontaneous pontiff, known for his love of the poor and disabled, has created a dilemma for
A homemade explosive device was found July 21 in a parking garage at the site of the Brazilian shrine Pope Francis will visit this week while in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day 2013. According to AFP, the Sao
Though most states in the country adopted “Common Core” education standards in 2010, many American parents still know little about them. At the same time that teachers’ unions have joined forces with the institutional left on many issues, and more
About 100 people rallied in front of the Ribicoff Federal Building on Main Street in Hartford Saturday in memory of Trayvon Martin and to protest Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, reports CBS News. The event was one of about 100
Some experts in the field of fertility are raising an alarm over a “sperm crisis,” because they believe sperm counts have been on the decline for a decade or more. The Wall Street Journal reports that scientists debated the possibility
A Pew Forum survey of 4,006 adults, conducted nationwide from March 21-April 8, 2013, shows that 48 percent of Americans believe a growing number of “people who are not religious” is bad for American society, while only 11 percent say
According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), nearly 10,000 young people from the United States are traveling to Rio de Janeiro to celebrate World Youth Day (WYD) with Pope Francis from July 23-28. United States participants are
A 27-year-old Islamic woman named Mais Ali-Selah will graduate at the top of her medical school class at the Technion in Israel. She was raised in a small village outside of Nazareth, in Israel’s Galilee. Diana Bletter at the Huffington
An atheist activist organization wants a proposed Ohio statehouse Holocaust memorial to remove the Star of David symbol, which, the group claims, is an “exclusionary” religious symbol. According to The Columbus Dispatch, the non-profit Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), known for its
The Romeikes, a German family granted legal asylum in the United States by a U.S. immigration judge in 2010, will petition the Supreme Court to hear its case to be granted permanent legal status in the country. Uwe and Hannelore
In response to the wave of abortion restrictions that has passed in many state legislatures this year, and the House’s approval of a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said pro-life
Pope Francis will return to his native South America for the first time since being elected pontiff in March, for the 28th World Youth Day (WYD), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro from July 22 through July 28.
Mustafa Bakari, an Egyptian politician, issued a brutal assessment of U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson. Bakari stated, “In my opinion, she [Patterson] is a member of the sleeper cells of the Brotherhood, likely recruited by Essam al-Erian or Muhammad
Catholic Bishop Pablo Cedano of the Dominican Republic said that President Barack Obama’s choice of an openly gay nominee as the ambassador to the conservative and largely Catholic island nation will face strong opposition. If James “Wally” Brewster becomes the U.S.
Catholics who have been baptized but who have not completed the other sacraments of initiation (Holy Eucharist and Confirmation) may now be admitted to an Anglican ordinariate, communities of Anglicans who have entered the Catholic Church as groups, and complete
Leonard Garment, former U.S. delegate to the United Nations, died on Saturday at the age of 89. A Wall St. litigator, Garment served as special consultant to President Richard Nixon on domestic policy from 1969 to 1974. In the wake
President Obama’s campaign supporters received the video below from the White House on Thursday, one that claims that immigration reform will result in a 5.4% growth in GDP because “highly skilled” workers and “entrepreneurs” will add to the country’s economic
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) announced on Sunday in San Antonio that he will run for governor of his state. Abbott, a conservative, hopes to succeed Gov. Rick Perry (R) who earlier announced that he will not seek a
The 2014 race for Texas Senate District 10 is already exciting, likely due to the intense debate over the recent bill passed in the state legislature that bans abortion past 20 weeks and requires abortion clinics to have the same
Jezebel writer Katie J.M. Baker slammed Virginia Catholic Priest Rev. Thomas Vander Woude for his offer to locate an adoptive family for a six-month pregnant mother of a Down’s Syndrome child. He offered it as an alternative to abortion. Baker
