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Kim Jong-un, the infamous totalitarian leader of North Korea, has officially invited Pope Francis to make a visit to the dictatorship’s capital of Pyongyang. The invitation is set to be personally delivered to the Vatican by Moon Jae-in, the president of South Korea. Moon Jae-in is a Catholic himself and was already set to be…

Pope Francis believes that the devil is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and the issues dividing the Church. Francis is calling on Catholic around the world to recite a special prayer every day in October to try to beat him back according to Reuters. “[The Church must be] saved…

A school district in Massachusetts will no longer allow prayer at school-sponsored events, including graduations, as a result of complaints from one of the nation’s largest atheist organizations. This decision came after a Christian minister publicly prayed for Canton High School’s 2018 graduating class during the commencement ceremony. Rev. John Tamilio III called on our…

The fight over Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation came to a close this weekend. After the FBI probe failed to uncover corroborating evidence to support Professor Ford’s accusations of sexual assault, the Senate voted to confirm Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the fight does not seem to be over as Americans remain divided over Kavanaugh’s…

There is a new ceiling set that will cap the number of refugees allowed in the United States at 30,000 people for the 2019 fiscal year. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the lowered ceiling was due to a “massive backlog” of refugee cases that still needed to be addressed. According to Pompeo, the…

The United States might soon be prioritizing the resettlement of Christian refugees, President Trump said in a statement. “They’ve been horribly treated,” Trump said in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network anchor David Brody. “Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough, to get into the…

There is a modern exodus occurring in the Catholic Church. More Americans are leaving the Church behind than any other religion in the U.S. according to a new report. About 13 percent of American adults are former Catholics – people who were raised in the faith but now have no religion, or converted to Protestantism…

Pope Francis said “silence and prayer” were the answer to those “seeking scandal” as the Catholic Church faces countless attacks from ultra-conservative Catholics. To many ultra-conservatives, the Pope is viewed as a dangerous progressive who is more interested in social issues than traditional Church matters. The Pope so far has not yet responded to allegations…

Pat Robertson is back, this time with a prayer that, he claims, will send Hurricane Florence spinning harmlessly out to sea. The famous televangelist spoke from Virginia and called for the men and women assembled to help him put a “shield of protection” around the Tidewater region to protect it from the storm barreling down…

As God is increasingly removed from the public square and “separation of church and state” used to relegate religion to a private, hidden thing, Florida has reversed the trend in its school systems. Students across the state of Florida returned to school to find the state motto emblazoned on buildings in easily visible areas. “In…

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