“Pope Francis is more popular than any political world leader,” according to a new opinion poll, said the BBC. The pole, conducted by WIN/Gallup International questioned 1,000 people in 64 countries, suggested that he is the most popular political leader…

“[The President wants to] make sure the steps we have taken are ones we can lock down and not be subjected to undoing through [Congress] or otherwise.” Dennis McDonough, President Obama’s Chief of Staff, saying the Obama Administration wants to…

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…

“An attack on any faith is an attack on all of our faiths.” US President Barack Obama, at a “Righteous Among the Nations” ceremony honoring those who protected Jews in World War II, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Source Reference Obama:…

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…

“When we are ruled by fear, we are not making ourselves safe.” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a Dec. 3 statement pledging to limit free speech by prosecuting “anti-Muslim rhetoric.” Source Reference German elites target ‘hate speech’ after migrant…

(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…