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Tortured lives: Arizona executes fifth death row inmate this year

FLORENCE, Ariz. — Kevin Swaney’s family had waited for this day for nearly 25 years. One of the men who brutally killed their son and brother would be put to death — so long as he wasn’t given clemency.

Can organ-harvesters be Number One?

Despite some hiccups caused by the sorry state of the world economy, China is still The Future for many global analysts. Thomas Friedman of...

Human Freedom; Part one: Free with the help of God

“Give me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry’s famous cry, at our nation’s birth, continues to stir hearts today; the struggle for freedom is no less urgent now, as evidenced in rallies and fortnights throughout our country protesting against the HHS mandates and other threats to religious liberty.

Opposed to the death penalty

The loss of a loved one to murder is unfathomable. When life is unjustly ripped away, it tears at the fabric of communities, instills fear and anger, and irrevocably alters the foundation of the family left behind in mourning.

Vatican magistrates order trial for papal assistant accused of theft

nutrisca dog food VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Vatican magistrates have formally indicted Pope Benedict XVI's personal assistant, Paolo Gabriele, on charges of aggravated theft and...

Syrian opposition groups meet in Rome, appeal for cease-fire

ROME (CNS) -- Representatives of a dozen Syrian opposition groups called for a cease-fire in their homeland and the beginning of an internationally mediated...

Woman mentors girls to save them from becoming victims of trafficking

online trading academy radio ATLANTA (CNS) -- The girls Keisha Head mentors today remind her of herself 15 or 20 years ago. They are from the...

The war on (little) women and other insanities

The Supreme Court’s minor mistakes have few systemic consequences. But when the Supremes make a big mistake, the error tends to seep throughout the...

Unusual collection from Vietnam Veterans Memorial reflects a unique war

LANDOVER, Md. (CNS) -- Duery Felton Jr. calls them "icons." The religious articles gathered up each day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington are...

Maximilian: Play about WWII saint inspires fight for religious liberty

The Nazis arrested St. Maximilian Kobe in 1941 and sent him to Auschwitz. At one point, after a prisoner had tried to escape, the...