Pope Benedict XVI will have large shoes to fill as he follows in the footsteps of John Paul II. And follow in them he will, as he has long been thought to be John Paul II's favorite to succeed him.

Much of Europe has long chafed at the United States' global preeminence. In recent decades Europe has dreamed of a European superpower to challenge U.S. dominance—now coming to fruition in the European Union. Three recent books help explain European thinking...

During the great age of exploration, visionary men sailed uncharted waters and discovered new lands. Today God issues a great challenge to us. Are you willing to take Him up on His challenge to you?

What Do DNA Discoveries Mean for Evolution?

In his book In the Beginning Was Information, Dr. Werner Gitt, an expert in information systems, deduces certain conclusions from the information found in DNA. Here is a summary:

As scientists explore a new universe—the universe inside the cell—they are making startling discoveries of information systems more complex than anything ever devised by humanity's best minds. How did they get there, and what does it mean for the theory...

An editorial note from Tom Robinson

On Jan. 13, a federal judge ordered the removal of disclaimer stickers placed on high school biology textbooks in Cobb County, Georgia, that encourage students to think critically in considering the theory of evolution (Associated Press, Jan. 13).

In December 2004, a famous atheist and academic startled the scholarly world when he made the announcement that he had accepted the existence of God, largely due to his study of DNA.

For years scholars have puzzled over a curious detail mentioned in the Gospel of John concerning Jewish burial practices in the first century. In describing the entombments of Jesus Christ (John 20:7) and His friend Lazarus (John 11:44), John writes...

In a surprising discovery, Israeli archaeologists, checking a site before the Jerusalem municipality started installing a sewage pipe, stumbled upon what appears to be the remains of the biblical Pool of Siloam, connected to Jesus Christ's miraculous healing of a...

Health officials in New York City have issued warnings about two new strains of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) affecting homosexual and bisexual men.

Returns on the watershed Iraqi election differed. Well over half of all eligible Iraqis voted, which of itself is astounding considering the insurgents' murderous threats.

We don't often think of Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and other small Pacific island nations as having serious economic and social problems.

How bad is anti-semitism in Europe? Back in 2002 Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote that "in Europe, it is not very safe to be a Jew."

We're hearing less and less of the United Nations since the Iraq war, perhaps primarily due to the routing of many insurgents, alleged UN graft and corruption and the recent Iraqi elections.

Three years before 9/11, columnist and author Peggy Noonan wrote of "nuts with nukes"—dictators and terrorists to whom the normal processes of rational thinking don't apply.

According to BBC News, "Germany's unemployment rose above the psychologically important level of five million last month."

Ten EU member countries will be holding referenda to ratify the new European constitution. All others will ratify it in their parliaments. Hungary and Lithuania have already done so.