02 Apr 2022
WRN Editorial Staff
Photo stories on the Metropolitan Museum and Smithsonian websites this month pay homage to the beauty of Italy’s village churches—at least 1,000 of which are now abandoned and in decay. “As young...
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In 1988 Salmon Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, a book which Muslims thought disparaged Islam. Riots broke out in Muslim countries, and shortly thereafter, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued...
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05 Mar 2019 Elisa Meyer
Rationalists dismiss it as a nature-made creation. To those who left their faith due to various reasons, one show of God can sometimes be enough to lead them back into the fold. Once you come back...
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Pope Francis calls for peace, warning about impending nuclear war where the bodies of 7,860 American soldiers lie resting. The soldiers were killed in a battle with the Nazis for the liberation of Rome...
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The Baroque fountains at St. Peter's Square are also affected. For the first time ever the Vatican is turning off the water. The 100 decorative and drinking fountains around the Vatican will be shut...
Read more →Trump won't meet with Pope Francis while in Italy for the Group of Seven summit. In a drastic departure from tradition, It had been a tradition for American presidents to visit the Catholic Pontiff...
Read more →Italy's Muslim refugees are joining in on Christmas festivities to assimilate into the culture. In a country where 95 percent of the population is Catholic, any other religious group is clearly a minority....
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Photo captured a wounded nun after Italy was rocked by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake. Sister Marjana Lleshi, 35, a nun who survived the catastrophic earthquake that devastated central Italy has now become...
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Pope Francis issued a statement of prayer for Italy's earthquake victims. Pope Francis issued a statement Wednesday about the earthquake in central Italy wherein over 70 people are feared dead. A...
Read more →Growing fear among Europeans that refugees will bring more terrorism and less jobs. The steady flow of refugees into their countries has Europeans increasingly concerned about terrorism and economic...
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Profiles in Faith: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
