Hollywood heartthrob and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio said he rushed to release his upcoming climate change documentary "Before the Flood" ahead of November's U.S. presidential elections to issue a clarion call to U.S. voters in time to influence their decisions.
Conservatives in Australia are resisting both a legislative effort and a popular vote on same-sex marriage, even as the head of the Anglican faithful in Australia has written a letter to the church claiming it eventually may have to accept the federal government's redefinition of marriage. Though ...
Osama bin Laden's right hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, now the leader of Al-Qaeda, calls on black Americans to come to Islam to seek liberation and equal rights. He takes credit for the al-Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, while Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said in a video that Jews, not Muslims, ...
The rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe may cause the second Jewish exodus from the continent in less than 100 years if European governments do not get a handle on the situation, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations said earlier this week.
Less than 24 hours after a Russian fighter passed within 10 feet of a U.S. P-8A Poseidon aircraft over the Black Sea, illustrating the rising tensions between the U.S. and its former Cold War adversary, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church is praying for peace between the two countries.
Mother Teresa's work among the poor of Calcutta was a cover for her secret plan to convert "innocent children." That makes her guilty of "bada apradh" or "a big crime," charged one member of India's parliament after she was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis.
The United Nations is "deeply worried" that Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East have begun recruiting child soldiers for front line fighting and suicide missions.
Pope again charges the West and "global north" with sin against the poor and creation; claims wealth and resources should be redistributed.
If the media stopped covering the atrocities of the Islamic State (ISIS) as much, people wouldn't know what's happening – and that would be a good thing, the Secretary of State claims.
Despite the increase of terrorism worldwide and the reality of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on individuals who have put themselves in harm's way, missionaries remain committed to sharing the Gospel at the prompting of the Holy Spirit following awareness and treatment of the disorder.
Aug. 30 was the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, a day commemorating those secreted away for clandestine detention by governments hostile to the idea of religious liberty. Ironically, just four days before, five Christians in Iran were abducted by intelligence ...
Shiite Muslims awaiting the return of the Mahdi – a messianic figure – can expect to see him return in a "spaceship" of sorts, Iran's Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said in a recent interview about the apocalyptic figure.