Joshua Gill

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…

ENGLAND - Archaeologists in the U.K. hope to discover the remains of a 13th-century Carmelite monastery buried beneath a bus station in Gloucester, England. The lost monastery is known as Whitefriars, also called The College of…

Texas Catholic dioceses released a list of 286 clerics “credibly accused” of sexual abuse in fulfillment of their October pledge to name the accused by January’s end. The list is comprised of data from 14 dioceses across Texas whose…

PENNSYLVANIA - Cumberland County High School students filed a lawsuit against their Pennsylvania school district over what they call an unconstitutional ban on distributing the Bible on campus. The students, leaders of…

Stunning: New York Storm So Bad Town Pulls Snow Plows Off Roads WATERTOWN - New York’s winter storm unleashed such a torrent of snow that one town took its snow plows off the roads over safety concerns. Department of Public Works…

FLORIDA - The federal agency that investigates major automobile accidents is launching an investigation into the Florida church van crash that killed five children and two drivers. The National Transportation Safety Board announced…

WASHINGTON - A Catholic bishop apologized Thursday to students the Diocese of Covington prematurely condemned over a video of their confrontation with Nathan Phillips and black supremacists. The Most Rev. Roger Foys, who…

CALIFORNIA: Protesters demonstrated against a church in northern California, demanding its pastor remove a church marquee message they believe is hateful toward the LGBT community. The marquee message, posted by Trinity Bible…