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Flight diverted above United Kingdom after two passengers make bomb threats

Europe

Terrorist threats are taken very seriously nowadays - after two men got into an argument with a stewardess on a flight headed to ...

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Priest Tells of Being Whipped by the Devil in the Land of Missions

Europe

By Fr. Piero Gheddo

Father Gheddo talks about the experience of Fr Dionisio Ferraro, a native of Vicenza (Italy) and a missionary in Guinea Bissau. As the ...

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Pope Francis Calls Italian Bishops to a Renewed Pastoral Vision

Europe

By Pope Francis

We are not expressions of a structure or an organizational need: even with the service of our authority we are called to be a sign of ...

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Evil Face of Jihad in London Suburb: Muslim Attackers Hack a Young Soldier to Death and Behead Him

Europe

By Keith A Fournier

Since this evil act was first reported, I have been struck by the number of reporters who have expressed their inability to find words ...

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British soldier hacked to death in brazen attack by Islamic terrorists, stopped by prayerful, courageous women

Europe

A brutal terrorist attack shocked London on Wednesday. Two knife and pistol wielding terrorists brutally attacked and slaughtered a ...

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Where is President Obama as Egypt's Coptic Christians Die and Churches Burn?

Middle East

By Michael Terheyden

Last week, hundreds of Coptic Christians in Egypt stood up to a mob of 20 thousand Muslims. They risked their lives to protect their ...

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Somali refugees, uprooted by war at home, must now flee Syria

Africa

Somali refugees who at one time found shelter in the Arab League Nation of Syria are now being forced to relocate as their host ...

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Pope Francis: To Evangelize, We Must Be Open to the Action of the Spirit of God

Europe

By Pope Francis

To evangelize, then, we must be open to the action of the Spirit of God, without fear of what He asks us or where He leads us. Let us ...

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Cholera in Niger, measles in C.A.R. threaten children

Africa

The United Nations is keen on stemming the tide of an outbreak of diseases in two African nations. With the sudden introduction of ...

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Great strides are reported in eradicating AIDS/HIV in Africa

Africa

Once the fearsome scourge of the African continent, the rates of HIV/AIDS infection and AIDS-related deaths have dropped dramatically ...

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Movement afoot to unseat President Morsi of Egypt

Africa

Could it be the Arab Spring - part two? Egyptians, highly dissatisfied with President Mohammed Morsi's regime following the ...

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Chinese hackers gained valuable information in Google breech years ago

Asia Pacific

There's no question they breached Google security years ago. The question arises: What were the Chinese hackers after? According ...

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Israel and Syria at brink of war as both sides exchange fire, threats

Middle East

Syria and Israel are on the brink of war over their conflict in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Both sides are exchanging fire ...

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Pentecostal Pope Calls Ecclesial Movements and the Whole Church to Newness, Unity and Mission

Europe

By Deacon Keith Fournier

These words, as well as his continued message spoken in both word and deed, demonstrate that this is a Pope led in a profound way by ...

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Elements of Syrian opposition feared to be aligned with al-Qaeda

Middle East

While the western world generally hates the repressive regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has unleashed his military ...

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Is the 'human cost' in the war on drugs too high?

Americas

With millions of civilians, soldiers and criminals all dead, and no change in sight, a summit of Latin American nations has suggested ...

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Historic Meeting between Pope Francis and Coptic Patriarch, Tawadros II, Fosters Christian Unity

Europe

By Michael Terheyden

When unification among Christians is achieved, all of heaven will rejoice and the world will change. This is our time, our moment in ...

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Pope Francis Shakes up the Ambassadors Meeting and Addresses Economic Issues

Europe

By Deacon Keith Fournier

The Church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of friendship, solidarity and reciprocity can ...

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You'll be surprised to see what Palestinians are smuggling into Gaza

Middle East

When we think of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we may think about people with conflicting ideologies fighting over territory, or ...

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AU CONTRAIRE! Economic crisis has been 'pulling European public opinion apart'

Europe

Strong-headed and opinionated, the French have their likes and dislikes: They dislike Americans, but like our music and films; they ...

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Indian families go to drastic measures to protect daughters from rape

Asia Pacific

Ever since a medical student was brutally gang raped on a speeding bus in Delhi, India, the Indian media has reported on countless ...

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As death and destruction rain down in Syria, refugees flee with lives to Jordan

Middle East

As the death toll mounts in Syria, battered by two years of civil war, thousands of civilians have fled into neighboring Jordan's ...

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Use Twitter, go to HELL

Middle East

Use Twitter and you will go to hell, according to Saudi religious authorities. The heads of Saudi Arabia's religious police has ...

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Savage and Deadly, Cyclone Mahasen batters Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, moves into India

Asia Pacific

Cyclone Mahasen battered southern coast of Bangladesh, turning remote fishing villages upside down with heavy rain and fierce winds. ...

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High-tech Indiana Jones team discovers the fabled lost city of Ciudad Blanca

Americas

Scientists have discovered what they believe could be Ciudad Blanca, a fabled lost city hidden deep within the jungles of Honduras. ...

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Pope Calls Whole Church to Encounter Jesus Christ Personally Through the Holy Spirit

Europe

By Deacon Keith Fournier

Through the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Son come to dwell in us: do we live in God and of God, is our life really animated by God? ...

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Has the lost 'White City of gold' been found at last?

Americas

Ciudad Blanca, or the "White City," according to legend, was full of gold and had been sought out by explorers and treasure ...

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Organ Trafficking: Indian family says their young daughter was killed for organ harvesting

Asia Pacific

Eight-year-old Gurkiren Kaur Loyal, from Birmingham, England died in a Punjabi hospital while on vacation with her family. She was ...

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