Pope Francis to Visit Waldensian Temple
Friday April 17th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Waldensian Methodist Church of Italy has announced that the date is set and the program is organized for Pope Francis to make an official visit to the Waldensian Temple of Turin. There he will meet with the world’s oldest…
View This Article →The New Age of Papal Audacity
Wednesday April 15th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence Briefings“We must prepare for a new age of political audacity for the Holy See,” said Marco Impagliazzo, president of the Rome-based Community of Sant’ Egidio during an interview in 2014. Some believe that Pope Francis is more important politically than…
View This Article →Pope Adulated by Fortune Magazine as the 4th “Greatest World Leader”
Tuesday April 7th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsLast year he was first on the list of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Greatest World Leaders. This year, in its second published list, he is still there as number four of the “extraordinary men and women who are transforming business, government,…
View This Article →Pope Francis to Visit White House Too
Friday April 3rd, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPope Francis has added a stop to his trip to the United States this coming September – The White House. U.S. officials have confirmed the meeting on September 23 with an official opening ceremony at the presidential residence. The pope…
View This Article →Al Gore calls for Penalties on Climate Deniers
Thursday April 2nd, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsFormer Vice President Al Gore called for punishment on climate-change deniers. He said politicians should pay a price for rejecting “accepted science.” Referring to a federal cap-and-trade system, Gore said, “We need to put a price on carbon to accelerate…
View This Article →Esteem of Pope Francis on Par With John Paul II in the USA
Wednesday March 18th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPope Francis has continued to become more popular in the United States. A recent Pew Research Study (February 2015) indicates that a strikingly 90 percent of all U.S. Catholics view the pope favorably and nearly 60 percent have a “very…
View This Article →Azerbaijan Wonders After…
Friday March 13th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsPope Francis met with Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan and his wife in the Vatican. They discussed the Catholic Community in the country of Azerbaijan and initiatives for inter-religious and intercultural dialogue. They also discussed the nation’s regional and…
View This Article →Vatican gives VIP seats to U.S. Gays
Wednesday February 25th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence Briefings(Update: The Vatican denies that it gives VIP treatment for general audiences. All seats in the so-called VIP section are given to anyone on a first come first served basis. Apparently the AP and Reuters didn’t verify their information. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vip-treatment-for-lgbt-group-at-the-vatican-not-really-72364/.) For…
View This Article →Iranian Women to Join Pope in Philadelphia
Tuesday February 24th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsThe Vatican has announced that a high-level delegation of leading women from Iran including Shahindokht Molaverdi, Iran’s vice-president for Woman and Family Affairs will join the pope in Philadelphia in September for the World Meeting of Families. The idea arose…
View This Article →Pope Francis: There are Limits to Freedom of Speech
Tuesday January 20th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsOn the Papal charter plane to the Philippines, Pope Francis told media that there are “limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone’s faith.” The Pope was referring to the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo studios…
View This Article →U.S. Government Official calls for Global Covenant of World Religions
Tuesday January 13th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsFaith leaders must work harder to prevent religiously motivated violence, says Jerry White, deputy assistant Secretary of State in the U.S. government’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. White was in Rome recently to promote a “Global Covenant of World…
View This Article →Jordan Responds to Vatican Call
Wednesday January 7th, 2015 in Briefings, Prophetic Intelligence BriefingsOn his return to the Vatican from Turkey in late November, Pope Francis urges Muslim leaders to condemn ISIS and other forms of religious extremism. Then, “in early December, a group of Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims, featuring Jordan’s Prince El…
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