Joshua Gill

DURHAM - A North Carolina priest defended his decision Monday to cancel a lesbian city councilwoman’s speech at a Catholic high school, saying it was his duty. Immaculate Conception Church pastor Rev. Chris VanHaight faced public…

EUROPE - Pope Francis will visit a Moroccan training center for imams at the end of March to promote moderate Islam and efforts to combat Islamic extremism. The pontiff will visit Morocco March 30 to 31 in the wake of his visit…

RUSSIA - A Russian woman was eaten alive by her own pigs after suffering an epileptic seizure and collapsing in their pen, local media reports. The woman’s husband reportedly went to bed early the previous day as he felt ill, but…

SYDNEY - An Australian study called for the retraction of over 400 scientific papers allegedly tainted with data obtained from forced organ harvesting from Chinese prisoners of conscience. The study, published Tuesday in the…

ITALY - Pope Francis acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that Bishops and priests had sexually abused nuns, in some cases using them as sexual slaves. Francis confirmed to reporters that certain orders of nuns have and in some…

RUSSIA - A Russian court sentenced Dennis Christensen, the first Jehovah’s Witness arrested after Russia deemed the religion “extremist,” to six years in prison Wednesday. Russian authorities arrested Christensen, a native of…

WASHINGTON - During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump spoke on the issues of illegal immigration and why more security is needed on the country’s southern border. “We have a moral duty to create an…

EUROPE - The British government said Tuesday it believes photojournalist John Cantlie is still alive over six years after the Islamic State captured him along with U.S. journalist James Foley. Security Minister Ben Wallace told…

MIDDLE EAST - Pope Francis conducted the first ever papal mass on the Arabian peninsula during his trip to the United Arab Emirates to foster peaceful inter-religious dialogue. The pontiff conducted the service Tuesday…

ITALY - A group of prominent German Catholics called Sunday for the ordination of women and ending mandatory priestly celibacy among other changes to Catholic sexual morality. The group of nine, including prominent German priests…