Prophetic Intelligence Briefings
Boehner Invites Pope Francis to Speak to U.S. Congress
Wednesday March 19th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsHouse Speaker John Boehner, a Jesuit-trained Roman Catholic, invited Jesuit Pope Francis to speak before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Boehner sent a one-page letter to the pope on the first anniversary of his election to the pontificate. …
View This Article →Patriarch Bartholomew Wonders After…
Tuesday March 18th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPatriarch Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, who is head of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, will meet with Pope Francis in May in Jerusalem. He said he looks forward to the meeting “with expectant joy and an abiding sense…
View This Article →German Homeschooling Family Can Stay in the U.S.
Monday March 17th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsSometimes there is good news. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike, a Christian family, fled to the United States from Germany in 2008 because they believed they should homeschool their children instead of subjecting them to the secular propaganda of German schools….
View This Article →Unbroken String of Court Victories for Same-Sex Marriage
Monday March 10th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“Some of the nation’s most conservative states are propelling the same-sex marriage juggernaut back toward the Supreme Court.” Since the Supreme Court struck down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that banned federal benefits to married same-sex couples,…
View This Article →The Catholic Church and Crimea
Monday March 10th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsMuch about Ukraine and its strategic peninsula, Crimea, is in the news these days. George Mason University reported in 2005 that historian researchers in Russia have fingered the Vatican as the cause of the Crimean war in the 1850s. In…
View This Article →“Brothers and Sisters, Luther’s Protest is Over…”
Tuesday March 4th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsKenneth Copeland (KCM Ministries) is a Pentecostal, evangelical preacher who trained under Oral Roberts. Copeland, a tele-evangelist has been united with the Catholic Church in Sunday keeping. But it goes much beyond that. He has become a strong advocate of…
View This Article →Another U.S. Federal Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban
Monday March 3rd, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsClaiming to uphold the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge has struck down Texas state constitution ban on same sex marriage, though leaving it in place pending a ruling by an appeals court. The amendment to the Texas constitution was approved…
View This Article →Denmark: Animal Rights Erode Religious Freedom
Monday February 24th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“Animal rights come before religion,” said Denmark’s Minister for Agriculture and Food, Dan Jørgensen. Jørgensen was defending Denmark’s new ban on the religious slaughter of animals for the production of kosher (Jewish) and halal (Islamic) meat. The change in the…
View This Article →Nevada’s Attorney General Changes Position on Same-Sex Marriage
Saturday February 22nd, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNevada’s Attorney General, Catherine Cortez Masto, did a flip flop three days after strongly defending Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying that her arguments were “likely no longer tenable” in light of a San Francisco federal appeals court decision in…
View This Article →American Jewish Institute Wonders After
Friday February 21st, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsLeaders of the American Jewish Institute met with Pope Francis in a private audience. The pope thanked them for maintaining “dialogue and fraternity” and said he hoped that Jewish and Christian communities would continue to engage in fruitful dialogue. He…
View This Article →The Methodist Church in Turmoil over Same-sex Marriages
Thursday February 20th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsA major dispute over same-sex weddings has cause great disunity in the United Methodist Church. The row has pitted liberal clergy who have presided over gay weddings in defiance of church law against those who support traditional marriage. Methodist gay…
View This Article →Heavy Storms Batter Britain
Tuesday February 18th, 2014 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsTravel disruptions continue in the wake of a “multi-pronged attack” of wind, rain and snow that for months has delayed trains and airlines, knocked out power and created treacherous road conditions. The turbulent weather included hurricane force winds of up…
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