Here it comes… Shimon Peres to Francis: We need a “United Nations of All Religions”!

peres-francis_med“The UN has had its time,” Peres was quoted as saying by Catholic weekly Famiglia Cristiana. “What we need is an organization of United Religions, the UN of religions. “It would be the best way to combat these terrorists who kill in the name of their faith, because most people are not like them, they practise their religions without killing anyone, without even thinking about it. MORE

COMEDY QUEEN DEAD AT 81

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Joan Rivers, the blunt, tart-tongued celebrity and talk show host who reconstructed her career time and time again en route to becoming one of the most memorable female comics of all time, has died. She was 81. MORE

35-year ‘megadrought’ to strike the American southwest

megaIn the summer of 2014, social media sites were awash with videos of people taking the “ALS ice bucket challenge.” The ALS marketing stunt caught on like wildfire, prompting hundreds of thousands of social media users to pour buckets of ice water over their heads. As the organization gained attention, $12.5 million in donations over the course of a year were funneled to a staff of eleven executives sitting at the top of the ALS pyramid. MORE

16 Apocalyptic Quotes From Global Health Officials About This Horrific Ebola Epidemic

Pale-HorseFor people in the western world that have never seen anything like this other than in the movies, it can be difficult to grasp just how horrible this epidemic truly is.  In the areas of west Africa where Ebola is spreading, fear and panic are everywhere, food shortages are becoming a serious problem and there have been reports of dead bodies rotting in the streets.  MORE

Bergoglio’s top ten reasons why Pope Paul VI should be beatified.

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1. Why not?
2. He was a pope right, that counts. No?
3. It would look bad if John XXIII and JPII are saints and Paul VI isn’t even beatified. Eh?
4. Because I said so. I’m the pope right? Yes?
5. He was on the cover of Time magazine 3 times. OK, one of them was for Humanae Vitae, but we’ll let that slide, No?
6. What? Do you think I should beatify Benedict XVI instead? That’s a joke. I’m so funny. Eh?
7. He’s already been dead nearly 40 years. Isn’t there something in Canon law about that? No? There will be soon. Eh?
8. He didn’t totally destroy the Church. That’s a miracle, right? Am I right? Yes?
9. That’s ten right? No? Boy this is tough, eh? No? Yes? MORE

India: Hindu Extremists Pass Laws Restricting Christianity

ganesh-smallChristians in India are facing threats as Hindu extremists have taken over village councils to pass laws restricting religions other than Hindu. The laws reportedly make Christian prayer, meetings, and literature illegal, and non-Hindu missionaries are now banned in 50 towns. 
 
Though India’s constitution guarantees citizens freedom of religion, state government authorities in Chhattisgarh have not intervened with the new laws. Authorities maintain that they are monitoring the situation. MORE