The Rev. Libby Lane, who has been a parish priest for 20 years, will be consecrated on Jan. 26, becoming the first woman to hold that position since the church was founded five centuries ago. MORE

Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must find ways of welcoming divorced and gay Catholics as part of a yearlong debate by the church’s leadership that has already exposed a split within its ranks.

In an interview with Argentine newspaper La Nación published Sunday, the pontiff addressed the turmoil his 20-month papacy has stirred with more tradition-minded groups in the church, saying it was a “good sign” that there isn’t “hidden mumbling when there is disagreement.” MORE

One of the largest Franciscan religious orders, founded on the humble teachings of St. Francis of Assisi more than 800 years ago, announced it is on the brink of bankruptcy after admitting some of its friars embezzled funds from its accounts. MORE

Rick Wiles says World War III has officially started. Russia said today it will respond to new U.S. sanctions. Barack Obama said the U.S. will respond to North Korea’s hack attack on Sony. This is it! The global slug-fest has begun.  MORE

They’re coming out. Anyone noticed that they make scary movies not about ghosts, but about demons? They’re like coming out that yeah, these things are demons, not ghosts. And now this. They’re not offering this whitewashed new religion, they’re right in our face with their god Lucifer. MORE

Tent churches among refugees are sprouting like mushrooms. For people who have suffered such deep loss, seeing that they can pray to a personal God whom they can call Father has been the critical factor.

“You can see the tears in their eyes when we pray – that God would care,” said the director of one ministry working in the region. “It’s the connection that makes a huge difference.”  MORE

The Supreme Court struck another blow to the Bill of Rights with its 8-1 decision to expand police powers in situations where the police perform traffic stops based on imaginary laws.  The Heien v. North Carolinadecision held that an officer’s “reasonable mistake of law” can lead to an allowable search and arrest for contraband. MORE

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Pope Francis has opened the Pearly Gates to Blue Heelers. The Pope said that “all creatures…will be vested with the joy and love of God, without limits.” He quoted Pope Paul VI saying that “Paradise is open to all creatures.” MORE

The historic breakthrough in U.S.-Cuban relations began in spring 2013, when President Barack Obama authorized secret talks with Havana, the same tactic he used to open nuclear negotiations with Iran.  MORE

You know the old saying, ” All roads lead to Rome.”

The pope sent an extraordinary letter to both Obama and Castro over the summer.The letter “gave us greater impetus and momentum for us to move forward,” the administration official said. MORE

Peter Schiff gives us 160 seconds of cold hard truth in this brand new video just released by FinanceAndLiberty.com, warning us that our own govt is hastening the end of the dollar by antagonizing the world while warning that the chickens are soon coming home to roost. MORE

Unconfirmed reports of a new decree imposing the death penalty on anyone caught smuggling Bibles into Saudi Arabia has many Christian ministries and support groups on edge. MORE

Fingernails and disease don’t go together in most minds… but they should. Your fingernails can give you valuable health warnings and signal the presence of serious disease. MORE

In a shocking couple of days the world has plunged ever deeper into a satanic darkness, taking us to new horrors were young children are now being slaughtered in the name of Allah.
Yesterday four young Christians girls were brutally beheaded by ISIS in Iraq for refusing to convert to Islam, according to a British reverend forced to flee the country.
Canon Andrew White, known as the Vicar of Baghdad, told the horrifying story how of the youths, all under 15, were murdered for standing up to the jihadists. MORE

…a major turn of events has been reached as the world is now only a heartbeat away from a dreadful nuclear showdown between Russia and the United States as Putin rattles his ‘nuclear sword’ with ready-to-fire nuclear missiles and an ‘accidental’ nuclear strike a clear possibility. With Putin recently bringing the Rothschild bankers to their knees, will these latest revelations be our final warning before nuclear ‘Armageddon’? The 3rd video below is called “The Aftermath Of World Wide Nuclear War”. MORE