War continues to rage in Nigeria, and in a recent story coming out of Nigeria, four Catholic priests were kidnapped at gunpoint: Nigerian officials are condemning the kidnapping of four Roman Catholic priests by armed gunmen earlier this week. Benue State Gov. Samuel Ortom called the abduction of the priests in Delta State on Tuesday […]
A recent article from the BBC notes that world fertility rates are declining, yet there is stark contrast, because while rates are well below replacement in Europe and other parts of the Western world, they are exploding throughout Africa and the Middle East: There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children […]
It is normal for people to be passionate about political parties, and it is true that God is real and does work through political leaders at times as is repeatedly noted in Sacred Scripture. However, one must not confuse the temporal struggle for power and general politics with religious piety or decree, for the true […]
Man is allowed to choose right and wrong with his free will. The choice is his, but as always he must bear the consequences for his actions. This applies to individuals as well as to large groups, and even entire peoples. A recent vote for the state of Oregon demonstrated this were Oregonians voted by […]
For a long time, Germany was known as a welcoming countries for people migrating from around the world, especially the third world. Since the “refugee crisis” that began in 2015 that has rapidly changed, where now xenophobia has exploded across Germany: Xenophobia is on the rise in Germany, in particular in its eastern states, according […]
In any organization, there are tendencies for group rivalry that can and sometimes to lead to infighting. Whether it is in church, scout troops, or social clubs, petty squabbles for power can lead to large amounts of fighting over small matters. However, sometimes fighting can turn deadly. Such was what happened recently in South Africa, […]
Police in Sudan have arrested and tortured thirteen former Muslims after they abandoned Islam for Christianity according to a report: Sudanese officials raided a house church in South Darfur, Sudan on 13 October, arresting 13 Christians and subjected the converts from Islam in the group to a day and night of beating and torture. Security […]
Calvinist “pastor” JD Hall is the author of the popular Calvinist blog Pulpit and Pen that promotes various other calvinist preachers. According to a recent article on his blog, it declares that modern Evangelical Protestants have “lost their way”, and that because “White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism” is at risk and with it the survival of America, […]
The hatred for Christ of Hindu terrorists is almost difficult to understand. However, it is real and brazen. In a recent example of this, seven Christians were attacked and severely beaten with hockey sticks by Hindu terrorists, at which point the terrorists called police and registered cases against the Christians according to a report: Seven […]
The central African nation of Cameroon has been plunged into violence against, split between English speakers and French speakers vying for power. In a recent attack 79 Christian schoolchildren were abducted as part of the violence according to a report: Prayers are being urged after 79 schoolchildren, along with three staff members, were kidnapped by […]
EWTN is one the largest Catholic TV networks in the world. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, she offers mass each day that is broadcast around the world. But in a recent mass, a man attempted to attack the priest at the consecration of the Eucharist, and he had to be dragged out of the church screaming […]
The “migrant caravan” has generated much discussion in the USA, and now there is even more concern as “militias” are heading to the US border and the US military is making plans to deal with potential violent outbursts from them: As President Donald Trump directs thousands of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in a show […]
There are some crimes in a society that bar a person from certain employment professions because due to the nature of the profession, he might be tempted to commit the same crime again. A bank robber, for example, would not be allowed to get a job in a bank out of fear he might rob […]
The Church has consistently warned that the divorce of reproduction from sexuality that began and always has begun throughout cultures with the acceptance of contraceptive measures would have disastrous consequences, leading to the legitimization of murder as well as the reduction of human beings to commodity items, for if a child is but a “choice”, […]
A Hindu man was arrested after he demanded a thirteen-year-old girl have sex with him because he is in a “higher caste,” and when she refused he took a sickle, attacked her and cut her head off: Concerns about caste-based violence in India are growing after a 13-year-old girl from a lower caste was beheaded […]
A married man in the UK got high and drunk and had sex with another woman. After returning home and fighting with his wife, he plotted her murder. When the time had arrived, he stabbed her 46 times all over her body while screaming “You’ve got to die,” and she barely survived the attack. He […]
