Spain is starting to curb freedom of speech. Police arrested two puppeteers in Madrid on February 5 that had made entertaining comments that combined the words Al Qaeda and ETA (the Basque separatist group. Some parents had complained, so police…

The British government conceded defeat concerning its plans to relax Sunday trading laws. The government attempted to let larger shops trade for longer than six hours each Sunday, but was thwarted by 31 votes, including from members of Prime Minister…

“It is necessary to put aside internal disagreements and unite efforts for saving Christianity in the regions where it is subjected to the most severe persecution.” Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarian, concerning the audience of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill in…

El Papa Francisco describió la crisis migratoria de Europa como una “invasión árabe”, y agregó que “Europa se está debilitando” por “olvidar su propia historia…”, es decir, su historia católica. “Hay algo que me molesta”, dijo el Papa Francisco. “Por…

Pope Francis has often spoken about persecution of Christians, by Muslim extremists and even called it an “ecumenism of blood.” But on Catholic persecution of Protestants, he has been silent, even when traveling in Mexico recently. For two years, 27…

Pope Francis met with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Rui Maria de Araújo. According to the Vatican, the discussions were cordial and covered the good relations between the Holy See and Timor-Leste, “the historical…

Now think about this. The Vatican has observer status at the United Nations. When the UN was established in 1945, the Papacy did not have the advantage it has now with a neutered Protestantism through the ecumenical movement, and a…

(Disclaimer: This Prophetic Intelligence Briefing is not intended to make political statements concerning U.S. presidential candidates or the politicians that have currently or previously held the high U.S. office. It is intended to describe the present circumstances in the American…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education is suggesting that parents are equal partners with the government in the rising and training of children. In its “Draft Policy Statement on Family Engagement From the…

Pope Francis met with Mauricio Macri the President of Argentina along with his wife Juliana Awada and their little girl in an audience in the Vatican. Argentina is the home country of Pope Francis. The Holy See Press Office described…

On yet another Friday audience with a tech executive, Pope Francis met with the CEO and co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. The audience is the latest move by Instagram to become the dominant platform for…

“Italy’s senate has passed a bill that recognizes same-sex civil unions by a vote of 173-71. However, LGBT groups condemned the bill because it did not permit adoptions. Same-sex couples can have the same tax breaks, medical decision-making rights and…