Crux: As a month-long summit of bishops on young people gets set to close, Church leaders from every continent signed a petition Friday asking for “ambitious and urgent climate action,” looking ahead to the next gathering of bishops in 2019…
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Bishops Urge Ambitious Action on Climate Change
Wednesday November 7th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsSociologist: Clergy sex abuse on the rise again, and being Ignored Again
Tuesday November 6th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsCatholic News Agency: After years in decline, Catholic clergy sex abuse could be on the rise again, warns a professor-priest’s analysis of relevant data. The professor’s report sees a rising trend in abuse, and argues that the evidence strongly suggests…
View This Article →Texas ‘Prophet’ Joshua Holmes Is ‘Jesus in the Flesh,’ Followers Say
Monday November 5th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsIf you don’t know self-styled Texas prophet Joshua Holmes of Joshua Holmes Ministries you don’t know Jesus because he is “Jesus in the flesh,” according to some who follow him. “For all you haters if you don’t know Prophet Joshua…
View This Article →Walmart Joins Cashless Game
Friday November 2nd, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Guardian: Last month, and on the heels of its latest cashier-less grocery store opening in Chicago, Bloomberg reported that the online giant Amazon.com is planning on opening about 3,000 similar outlets by 2021. Now Sam’s Club, which is owned by…
View This Article →Pittsburgh synagogue shooting Suspect is charged in 44-count hate-crime indictment
Thursday November 1st, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Washington Post: The suspect in a grisly shooting that left 11 people dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue was charged Wednesday in a 44-count indictment accusing him of federal hate crimes. Officials say Robert Bowers, 46, of Baldwin, Pa., drove…
View This Article →Will the Trump Presidency Lead to Renewed Dialogue Between Catholics and Evangelicals?
Tuesday October 30th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAmerica Magazine: “Stand up and be counted.” In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections, one might find this pithy phrase in the voter guides produced by the Christian Coalition, American Family Association or other evangelical political action groups that…
View This Article →Ambassador Haley: ‘It Would Be Tragic’ If Abuse Scandal Blinds People to Catholic Church’s ‘Good Works’
Monday October 29th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsCNS News: During her keynote speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner on Thursday, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said that while the Catholic Church is taking action to address the “moral failing” of the sexual abuse scandal, the church…
View This Article →State Tells Christian Filmmakers: Make Same-Sex Marriage Films or Spend 90 Days in Jail
Friday October 26th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsCBN News: Two Christian filmmakers appeared before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul Tuesday to challenge Minnesota state law which they say illegally forces them to produce and create films expressing messages that contradict their core beliefs. …
View This Article →“Poliolike” Childhood Muscle-Weakening Disease Reappears
Thursday October 25th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsScientific American: A poliolike condition that left more than 100 children in the U.S. at least partially paralyzed in 2014 is back, and not much more is known this time around, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
View This Article →Floods in Niger claim 45 lives since June
Wednesday October 24th, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNews 24: Forty-five people have died in the arid West African country of Niger in flooding since June, and nearly 209,000 have been affected, the UN said on Tuesday. The rains destroyed nearly 17,400 homes, killed more than 33,000 livestock…
View This Article →Now the U.S. Justice Department is probing the Catholic Church for Abuse
Tuesday October 23rd, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsCNN: On Thursday we learned that federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania have taken a step long-sought by survivors of clergy sexual abuse: They launched a federal investigation into the Catholic Church. Seven of Pennsylvania’s eight dioceses told CNN that they have received…
View This Article →SDAs Represented in Ecumenical G20 Interfaith Forum in Argentina
Monday October 22nd, 2018 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsG20 Interfaith Forum: The 2018 G20 Interfaith Forum took place 26-28 September 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Meetings were held in the Auditorio Manuel Belgrano in the historic Palacio San Martín of Argentina’s Cancillería, the Ministry of Foreign and Religious…
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