Foreign Policy: A loose alliance of Catholic and evangelical conservatives helped Brazil’s new president to power. But their continued support is far from certain… After 13 years of rule by the center-left Workers’ Party (known by its Portuguese acronym PT),…
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Bolsonaro’s Christian Coalition Remains Precarious
Thursday January 10th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsProphetically Speaking…
Thursday January 10th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings.” Jan C. Smuts, (1870-1950) South African and British Commonwealth politician and military leader, Prime Minister of South Africa (1939-48), helped…
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Retailers Rejecting Customers’ Cash As More Ban Paper Money
Wednesday January 9th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsZero Hedge: “Your cash is not wanted here,” a growing number of retailers and restaurants throughout the US and UK are telling customers. But are reasons being given by companies for the new “cashless” approach — speed, efficiency, and the safety of store…
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Tuesday January 8th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.” James Fenimore Cooper, (1789-1851) American Novelist. Source: The American Democrat, XIV, 1838 . Source Reference James Fenimore Cooper Quote
View This Article →Are Vegan Diets Good for Weight Loss?
Tuesday January 8th, 2019 in Briefings, Natural Knows BestResearch has found that people who follow a vegan diet tend to have a lower body mass index (BMI). This could mean that a vegan diet helps with weight loss, or that a person who eats vegan is more likely…
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Revived Abuse Crisis, New-fangled Simony Dominate Catholic Church in 2018
Tuesday January 8th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNational Catholic Register, Michael Sean Winters: If the year 2018 in politics was dominated by Donald Trump, the life of the Catholic Church in this country in 2018 was marked by two major stories, one a reprise and the other…
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Mr. Trump Nominee William Barr Triggers Separation of Church and State Concerns
Monday January 7th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNational Catholic Register: When President Trump named William Barr as his nominee for U.S. attorney general, the news brought a sense of relief to Republican lawmakers eager for a seasoned leader at the helm of a troubled Justice Department. Barr,…
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Monday January 7th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950) Irish comic dramatist. Source Reference George Bernard Shaw Quote
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Callista Gingrich Enumerates U.S.-Vatican Collaboration
Friday January 4th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAngelus Guest Editorial by Callista Gingrich: One year ago, on Dec. 22, 2017, I had the honor of presenting my credentials to Pope Francis to serve as the 11th U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. It has been a privilege…
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Friday January 4th, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”…
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Apple Removes Religious App for its Biblical Stand on Homosexuality
Thursday January 3rd, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNBC News: Apple has removed from its online store a religious app accused of falsely portraying being gay as an “addiction,” “sickness,” and “sin” after a national gay-rights organization petitioned to have it pulled. Truth Wins Out, which says it…
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Thursday January 3rd, 2019 in Briefings, Prophetically Speaking“Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.” Fisher Ames, (1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer . Source Reference Fisher Ames Quote
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