• Asiana Airlines Plane Crash Hearing Investigates Pilot, Emergency Response Team

  A hearing has commenced for the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 plane crash that occurred in July, injuring over 200 people and killing three young Chinese girls. Investigators are focusing not only on the aircraft and the pilots involved, but also the emergency response team that ran over one of the teenagers who was believed to have survived the plane crash initially.

  

• Priests for Life Oppose Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate

  Priests for Life, a Catholic organization against abortion and euthanasia, went to federal court Monday to defend their right to oppose restrictions on religious freedom which they believe the Health and Human Services (HHS) birth-control mandate of the Affordable Care Act imposes.

  

• Jimmy Needham's Beef with Santa

  Christian artist Jimmy Needham recently posted a blog about his beef with Santa Claus for promoting a works-based gospel.

  

• Pope Francis, Billy Graham Pay Tribute to Nelson Mandela

  The Billy Graham Evangelical Association and Pope Francis paid tribute to Nelson Mandela for his faithful pursuit of peace and racial reconciliation, in light of his recent passing.

  

• Glenn Beck Interviews Mark Driscoll: The Age of Intolerance

  Radio host Glenn Beck interviewed Mark Driscoll about the drastic change in American society's view of tolerance, especially in regard to the church. Driscoll, who pastors Mars Hill Church in Seattle, is passionate about reaching the un-churched, whose main qualm with Christianity tends to be its "lack of tolerance."