Prophetic Intelligence Briefings
Francis Meets with Jewish Delegation
Friday July 5th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsIn yet another ecumenical meeting, Pope Francis had his first meeting with members of the Jewish religion. During the meeting, he condemned anti-Semitism as incompatible with Christianity and promised to promote collaboration between the Catholic Church and Jewish groups around…
View This Article →Justice Scalia: Same-sex Marriage Opponents are now “Enemies of the Human Race”
Thursday July 4th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsIn his scathing dissent from the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to invalidate the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Justice Antonin Scalia said that the majority in essence said that those who oppose same-sex marriage are “enemies of the human…
View This Article →Defense of Marriage Act Dumped by U.S. Supreme Court
Wednesday July 3rd, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsIn a sweeping decision the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as between one man and one woman in U.S. federal law. The court decision and the momentum to enact gay marriage laws…
View This Article →Croatia to Join the European Union
Tuesday June 25th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsOn July 1, 2013 Croatia will become an official member of the European Union. The EU bent the rules so that Croatia could join even though the Lisbon Treaty has limits that technically prevent it, and even though there are…
View This Article →Welby Meets New Pope
Tuesday June 25th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsIn an ecumenical meeting Justin Welby, the primate of the Anglican Church, met with the Pope Francis. Welby said he “felt at home in the Vatican.” The two men were installed in their respective roles within days of each other….
View This Article →Saber Rattling Over Conflict in Syria
Sunday June 23rd, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe G8 summit was marked with serious disagreements between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the British Prime Minister David Cameron. The disagreement has to do with the arming of Syrian opposition forces in the civil war there. Mr. Putin…
View This Article →Australian Senator: Same-Sex Marriage Leads to Legalization of Polygamy
Friday June 21st, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAustralian Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi says he has been “proved correct” that legalizing same-sex marriage would lead to demands to endorse polygamy. Senator Bernardi’s latest comments come as a Greens bill to recognize same-sex marriages is to be debated in…
View This Article →Civil Unrest in Brazil
Thursday June 20th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsMore than 100,000 people protested over several days nationwide in Brazil to express frustration with heavy-handed police tactics, poor public services like health care, and high costs for sporting events like the World Cup, and a wider unease about inequality,…
View This Article →Case Against Benedict XVI Rejected by ICC
Wednesday June 19th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe International Criminal Court rejected a request by SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), to investigate Benedict XVI for crimes against humanity over the priestly sex abuse scandal. SNAP is an abuse victims’ advocacy group based in the…
View This Article →Pope Francis and the G-8
Tuesday June 18th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“The goal of both economics and politics,” wrote Pope Francis to British Prime Minister David Cameron, “is to serve humanity, beginning with the poorest and most vulnerable wherever they may be, even in their mothers’ wombs.” The pope was instructing…
View This Article →Floods in Central Europe Wreak Havoc
Monday June 17th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern Germany where the Elbe has flooded and burst through a dam.” In the city of Halle, “water levels reached their highest in some 400 years.” In addition, the city…
View This Article →The Catholic Church Releases Names of Sex Abusers in Melbourne
Thursday June 13th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsIn Melbourne alone, 29 Catholic Priests are acknowledged as guilty of sexually abusing children. But the Archbishop of Melbourne told Victoria’s child abuse inquiry the church had paid compensation to victims of 59 priests who had worked in the archdiocese….
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