Briefings
Orthodox Patriarch Attends Papal Installation Mass
Monday April 1st, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsBartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, attended the papal installation Mass of Pope Francis I. No Greek Orthodox patriarch has attended a papal installation Mass for almost 1000 years, since 1054 when the split between east and west occurred….
View This Article →Catholic Church Settles with Victims in Los Angeles
Friday March 29th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Catholic Church has reached a settlement in the child sex-abuse case in Los Angeles of approximately $10 million, not including the costs of therapy, attorney’s fees and other costs. This is in addition to the $2.5 billion that the…
View This Article →Pope Francis Calls on World Leaders to Support the Poor, Environment
Thursday March 28th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsAt his installation Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis called on world leaders to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest. Speaking in terms of peace, the pope said that exercising “love and tenderness would not allow ‘omens…
View This Article →First Jewish Denomination Led by Openly Gay Man
Friday March 15th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Jewish Reconstructionist movement recently elected a gay man to lead the national association at its meeting in New Orleans. Rabbi Jason Klein, from Maryland has become the first openly gay man to lead the rabbinic association. Though Reconstructionist (the…
View This Article →Germany Moving toward Same-Sex Adoption Rights
Thursday March 14th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe German high court ruled recently that gay people should be permitted to adopt a child that was already adopted by their partner. The court claimed that “successive adoption” as the practice is called, should no longer be banned because…
View This Article →EU/U.S. Free Trade Negotiations
Wednesday March 13th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“The United States and European Union aim to start negotiating a vast Transatlantic free trade pact…” The ambitious agenda would involve half of the world output and a third of all trade. The plan reveals impatience with the deadlocked Doha…
View This Article →European Sunday Alliance Insists on Work-Free Sunday
Tuesday March 12th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsOn Sunday March 3, 2013, the European Sunday Alliance held its annual European day for a “Work-Free Sunday.” Using the theme “Stop Sunday Work Now!” the alliance called on members to take action by handing out flyers, holding meetings and…
View This Article →Adventists Live Longer and are Happier than Average
Monday March 11th, 2013 in Natural Knows BestThe Atlantic magazine recently published an article detailing the reasons why Seventh-day Adventists live longer than most people. Featuring Loma Linda, California, the article pointed out that a vegetarian lifestyle, and in particular a vegan vegetarian lifestyle along with other…
View This Article →U.S.: Virtually Everyone Under Surveillance
Monday March 11th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsNational Security Agency whistleblower, William Binney, has said that the Government records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, and that the government can use all this information against anybody. Binney believes that government access to…
View This Article →Cardinal Pell: Adam and Eve a Myth
Thursday March 7th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsCardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney has said that the story of Adam and Eve is a myth and is designed as a religious story for religious purposes. Pell appeared with notorious atheist Richard Dawkins on an Australian TV Question…
View This Article →Vatican to Protect Retired Pope from Legal Action in Sex Abuse
Tuesday March 5th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPope Benedict XVI will live in a Vatican convent for the rest of his life after a brief period at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. By doing so, he will be protected from prosecution in connection with sexual…
View This Article →Cardinal Dolan Deposed by Lawyers in Abuse Case
Monday March 4th, 2013 in Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsA week before Cardinal Timothy Dolan was to fly to Rome for the papal conclave lawyers grilled him for hours behind closed doors about child sex-abuse by priests in his former diocese of Milwaukee. The lawyers represent hundreds of victims…
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