Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito made a surprise keynote address at Notre Dame’s 2022 Religious Liberty Summit in Rome on Thursday of last week speaking to the global issue of religious freedom. 

A string of recent arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, has ignited anger over a steady flow of U.S. guns that are fueling rampant gang violence.

According to research from Iowa State University, rural households are spending 91% of their take-home pay on necessary living expenses, leaving many families struggling to provide for their daily needs.

A prominent Chinese commentator said on Saturday he deleted a tweet advocating for China to ‘shoot down Pelosi’s plane,’ after Twitter blocked his account, marking an increased escalation in China – U.S. relations in regard to Taiwan.

The first grain shipments from Ukraine since Feb. 24 are ready to launch, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in what could cause some relief to food shortages worldwide. 

Pope Francis said on Saturday that his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy and repeated that he would be ready to resign one day if serious health problems prohibited him from running the Church.

The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to at least 16 on Friday as flooding unleashed by “epic” torrential rainfall swept through the Appalachia region.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation banning assault-style rifles that have been used in mass shootings, sending it to the Senate where it faces likely defeat.

Thursday, the Department of Justice’s lack of action on protestors at the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices and unwillingness to back down from Attorney General Merrick Garland’s well-known 2021 school board memorandum drew the anger of Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas).