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Catholic Church Using Economy to Push Sunday Rest in Australia
Tuesday April 9th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Catholic Church says people under pressure to work extra hours are stressing their families and that Sunday should be used as a day of rest and prayer. And they want governments and communities to support families financially so that…
View This Article →And Now its Uruguay and Gay Marriage
Monday April 8th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsOne nation after another these days seems to be headed toward legalizing gay marriage. Now it is Uruguay. Its Senate voted to legalize homosexual marriage by approving a law governing marriage which includes homosexuals. A similar version has already been…
View This Article →State Church in North Carolina?
Sunday April 7th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsRepublican lawmakers in North Carolina filed a bill to allow the state to declare an official religion. Such a law would be a violation of the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Motivation for the law is to nullify federal…
View This Article →Highest Level of Poor in America Since 1960
Friday April 5th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe number of poor Americans is at its highest level since the 1960s. More people are on welfare than in the last five decades. At the same time, America is experiencing austerity, otherwise known as sequestration to address the national…
View This Article →And now it’s the Pediatricians Going for Gay
Thursday April 4th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe largest pediatricians group in the USA has updated its policy statement to say “civil marriage for same-sex couple – as well as full adoption and foster care rights… regardless of sexual orientation – is the best way to ensure…
View This Article →The Black Bean: Mighty Mite
Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 in Natural Knows Best“Research has shown that consuming cooked black beans leads to lowered risk and incidence of breast, colon, liver, lung, and prostate cancers.” Scientists haven’t figured out the exact mechanism, but they suspect that it is the phytochemicals that protect the…
View This Article →Orthodox Patriarch Attends Papal Installation Mass
Monday April 1st, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsBartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, attended the papal installation Mass of Pope Francis I. No Greek Orthodox patriarch has attended a papal installation Mass for almost 1000 years, since 1054 when the split between east and west occurred….
View This Article →Catholic Church Settles with Victims in Los Angeles
Friday March 29th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Catholic Church has reached a settlement in the child sex-abuse case in Los Angeles of approximately $10 million, not including the costs of therapy, attorney’s fees and other costs. This is in addition to the $2.5 billion that the…
View This Article →Pope Francis Calls on World Leaders to Support the Poor, Environment
Thursday March 28th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAt his installation Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis called on world leaders to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest. Speaking in terms of peace, the pope said that exercising “love and tenderness would not allow ‘omens…
View This Article →First Jewish Denomination Led by Openly Gay Man
Friday March 15th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Jewish Reconstructionist movement recently elected a gay man to lead the national association at its meeting in New Orleans. Rabbi Jason Klein, from Maryland has become the first openly gay man to lead the rabbinic association. Though Reconstructionist (the…
View This Article →Germany Moving toward Same-Sex Adoption Rights
Thursday March 14th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe German high court ruled recently that gay people should be permitted to adopt a child that was already adopted by their partner. The court claimed that “successive adoption” as the practice is called, should no longer be banned because…
View This Article →EU/U.S. Free Trade Negotiations
Wednesday March 13th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“The United States and European Union aim to start negotiating a vast Transatlantic free trade pact…” The ambitious agenda would involve half of the world output and a third of all trade. The plan reveals impatience with the deadlocked Doha…
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