The CDC report calculated that fatalities due to drunk drivers and more than 50 other alcohol-related causes of death are responsible for wiping out about 2.5 million years of potential life each year. Americans between 20 and 64 were victims in the majority of alcohol-related deaths, so many of them would have lived for many more years if alcohol hadn’t killed them (either directly or indirectly). MORE

The Times of Israel reported today that almost the entire Syrian side of the Golan Heights is now under the control of rebel forces, including radical Islamist groups, a senior Israeli military commander in the area said Friday. MORE

Pope Francis gave a sermon on June 25th in Rome, where he dispelled any and all lingering doubt about how the Vatican views worldwide Christianity. Francis once again declared his unshakable belief that the Roman Catholic Holy Mother Church – the very same one mentioned in Revelation 17 & 18 as the ‘Whore of Babylon’ – is the one and theonly church. Listen to Pope Francis as he tells you in his own words exactly what he thinks of all Christian churches outside of the Roman Catholic Church: MORE

(NWO Sport) ‘Do they even have MVPs in soccer? Everyone just runs up and down the field and, every once in a while, a ball accidentally goes in,’ she writes. ‘That’s when we’re supposed to go wild. I’m already asleep.’

Coulter’s reasons for hating soccer are a rum bunch, including that ‘individual achievement is not a big factor’, it isn’t rough enough and the fact that ‘it’s foreign.’

As a conservative, she also she argued that liberals only love soccer – and the metric system – because they’re both ‘European.’ MORE

What’s the deal with Hollywood’s obsession with having sex with the supernatural and what does it have to do with the days of Lot? I’m gonna come back to that, but first, here’s the real deal about a subject that is often over complicated, rarely addressed, and easily misunderstood. MORE

If you thought it was a trip to see the Earth from space, then wait until you get a load of this: A team of scientists from Harvard University believe that have found evidence that an ancient Earth exists inside the Earth. MORE

Supporters of Wendy Davis, a rabidly pro-abortion Democrat state senator in Texas running a distant second in the race for governor, apparently want to hedge their bet when it comes to invoking supernatural help for their campaign.

Previously, they chanted “Hail Satan” in support of Davis, whose filibuster in the state legislature a year ago delayed by a few days a bill curbing abortion.

Now they’re asking for help from “God, our father, our mother.”

Maybe Zeus or “The Force” are next? MORE

Pope Francis canceled a planned visit to one of Rome’s main hospitals Friday, the third time this month the 77-year-old has skipped or scaled back an event due to illness or fatigue.

Francis had been due to visit the Gemelli hospital to celebrate a Mass there Friday afternoon. But nearly an hour after he was due to arrive, the Vatican issued a statement saying he was canceling the trip due to an “unexpected indisposition.” MORE

A torrential downpour threatened to cause chaos ahead of the United States’ vital final World Cup group game against Germany on Thursday, however FIFA officials have determined the pitch at Arena Pernambuco to be playable. MORE

The 1.8 million-member Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Thursday (June 19) to allow homosexual ‘weddings,’ making it among one of the largest religious groups to take an embracing step toward openly supporting homosexuality. MORE

Christians in a northern Iraqi city are reportedly being ordered to pay a tax in return for protection by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

A Middle Eastern Christian website and a Lebanese daily reported that Christians have been required to pay $250 per individual who works and $500 per couple. If accurate, the tax would fall in line with past Islamist efforts to impose fines on Christians in the region, a Middle East expert told TheBlaze. MORE

The Archdiocese of Seattle announced Tuesday that it has settled 30 claims of sexual abuse by members of the Christian Brothers at two institutions managed by the order in Western Washington. The settlement totaled $12.1 million MORE