Briefings
U.S. Embassy to the Holy See Downgraded
Friday November 29th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPresident Obama is moving to shut down the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and move it to the larger American Embassy in Italy. While the U.S. claims that this is a security measure in light of the Benghazi attack…
View This Article →Super Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Surpasses 5200
Thursday November 28th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsTyphoon Haiyan, classed as a super-typhoon killed more than 5,200 people in its path across the Philippines. The category five equivalent storm with one-minute sustained winds of 196 miles per hour (315k/hr.) was the strongest cyclone to make landfall on…
View This Article →Raging Debate in Australia over Same-sex Marriage
Wednesday November 27th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft, has vetoed a motion from his diocesan synod recommending recognition of same-sex marriage by more that two-thirds of its members. The motion and veto comes at a time when the parliament of the…
View This Article →49%: Number of Americans on Government Support
Tuesday November 26th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, 49.2% of Americans received some form of government benefits during the last three months of 2011. That’s 151,014,000 Americans out of a total population of 306,804,000. This figure includes Social Security, food stamps, Medicare,…
View This Article →EU Bans Some Pesticides to Protect Bees
Monday November 25th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe alarming decline of the honey bee population in the European Union over the last decade and a half has prompted the European Commission to ban the use of some pesticides known as neonicotinoids for two years because they appear…
View This Article →Abbott insists that Australian Spying is Legal
Tuesday November 19th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott insisted that government authorities have not broken the law in working with the US NSA spy network. Australia is one of the “five eyes” that collaborate and share information with each other. The revelations of…
View This Article →Official Report: Catholic Church Betrays Trust
Monday November 18th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Victorian state government’s report on clergy child sex abuse recommends sweeping changes to laws which the Catholic Church used to shelter itself and accused church leaders of trivializing the problem as a ‘‘short-term embarrassment”. Inquiry Chairwoman Georgie Crozier introduced…
View This Article →Hawaii and Illinois Join the Same-Sex Marriage Bandwagon
Thursday November 14th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsHawaii and Illinois have joined the growing list of states in the United States that now legally approve same-sex marriage. The dramatic shift in such a short period of time is not normally seen in other social issues. Sixteen states…
View This Article →Polyamory, the Next Marriage Frontier
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPolyamory, having simultaneous close emotional and sexual relationships with two or more other individuals, is increasingly being profiled as acceptable, especially since same-sex marriage has become increasingly normal in western societies. The polyandrous relationships may be straight, gay, lesbian, or…
View This Article →Deadly Storm Attacks Britain and Europe
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsA storm has killed 13 people in the UK and in Europe with Germany hit the hardest. Hurricane-force winds of up to 160 kph knocked down trees, flooded low areas and left hundreds of thousands without power. At least five…
View This Article →The Powerful “Moral Influence” of the Vatican
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe United States must embrace the Vatican, wrote Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See in a USA Today op ed. The “cordial but cooling relations” between the U.S. and the Vatican, he suggested, have not taken into…
View This Article →Europe Will Centralize its Banking System
Sunday November 10th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe European Parliament has agreed to place approximately 150 of the EU’s largest banks under the oversight of the European Central Bank (ECB) beginning September 2014. The new system will be compulsory for Eurozone members, but will be open to…
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