Abbas to meet Pope Francis in advance of Paris parley

Pope Francis talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a private audience at the Vatican City, May 16, 2015.. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, just one day before France is scheduled to host an international peace conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Dictating American foreign policy

The First Amendment shows the founding fathers did not want America to play favorites on the basis of religion, chosen or not. The government of the United States is not to show favoritism toward any religion or allow any religion to have undue influence.

Sweden’s German-born queen hospitalized for dizziness

In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, Queen Silvia of Sweden during a meeting with the Pope, at the Vatican. Sweden’s popular German-born Queen Silvia has been hospitalized for observations on her 73rd birthday because of dizziness, according to a statement Saturday Dec. 24, 2016, from the royal household.