As fierce rains pounded Southern California, homes were swept away, roads were overwhelmed and widespread rescues forced homeowners to reckon with yet another major disaster. After the fires devastated Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los...
The conservative Law and Justice government in Poland has taken a decidedly regulatory approach toward Sunday shopping. On Sunday, November 24 , The government approved a law to ban Sunday trading within the next...
Pope Francis met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Vatican Saturday morning. It was their first meeting since the president’s election on 3 February. The orderly development of “a civil, pluralistic society requires”...
Christmas Eve fell on Sunday this year. That is one of Germany’s traditional shopping days, but it also clashed with the German Constitution’s provision that recognizes Sunday as a day of rest. Bakeries, kiosks,...
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx has stated that decisions about sexual morality must be discerned according to a well-formed conscience, respecting “the interplay of freedom and responsibility.” The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference said...
2018 could see a geopolitical crisis on the scale of the financial crash a decade ago, Eurasia Group has warned in its annual outlook. Describing global political challenges as “daunting,” the New York-based political...
Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of the now-closed Sweetcakes by Melissa bakery took a hit in the appellate court. They had argued that state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian violated state and federal laws by...
A winter inferno in California being fought by 8000 firefighters has been named the third worst in the state’s history, as it threatens celebrity homes in up-market Santa Barbara. Since the fire began on...
Protestantism is dead in Britain. It isn’t just the lack of church attendance. Britain no longer identifies as a protestant nation. Presbyterian and Methodist churches and even Salvation Army Citadels (those testaments to the...
The head of the Roman Catholic Church is talking about changing one of the best-known and most widely recited passages of scripture. The Lord’s Prayer is recited by millions of Catholics and Protestants every...
