• President Obama's State of the Union 2013 Address [Full Transcript]

  President Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, delivered the State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC.

  

• Pope Benedict XVI Announces Resignation from Papacy; First in 600 Years

  Pope Benedict XVI said in an announcement on Monday that he no longer had the mental and physical strength to run the Roman Catholic Church, and will resign from Papacy as of Feb. 28th.

  

• 55,000 Taiwanese Complete 30 Hour Fasting in 24th Annual World Vision Famine Rally [Pictures]

  Over 55,000 people in Taiwan gathered in Kaohsiung, southern part of Taiwan, participating in a 30 consecutive hour fasting from solid food in order to physically experience the hunger that millions of children and adults face in impoverished nations around the world.

• Evangelist Stephen Tong Concludes Evangelistic Rallies in United States

  Indonesian evangelist Stephen Tong, who had recently been hospitalized for his physical ailments, has concluded his evangelistic rallies in Los Angeles this past weekend after the first stop in Florida.

• Jay Chou’s Music Video Features Christian Elements - A First in His Career [Video]

  Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou’s music video for his latest album “Opus 12” featured his church’s senior pastor as a marriage witness; this inclusion of Christian element comes after Chou’s baptism that took place months earlier.