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VATICAN CITY
Vatican officials denied visas to attend India church meeting — The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has stated that two key Vatican officials who were to address the 27th National Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India in Bengaluru which began on February 3 had been denied visas RADIO VATICANA Indian government now apologizes for denying visas to Vatican officialsCNH "Vatican bank may be too corrupt for Pope Francis to save" — Gerald Posner
YN Pope Francis encourages Greek bishops in hard timesVATICAN NEWS Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has called on Hindus to nurture a "culture of inclusion"CHRISTIAN DAILY Archbishop Bruno Musaroappointed apostolic nuncio in the Arab Republic of Egypt and delegate at the League of Arab States — Archbishop Musaro is currently apostolic nuncio in Cuba
VIS Peace between the Church and China would be a “gift from on high”— Bishop Joseph Han of Lanzhou
VATICAN INSIDER Much remains to be done, but Vatican-China relations may be improvingCNA Papal telegram to new Italian president — The Pontiff prayed that the 73-year-old president would undertake “enlightened action in the promotion of the common good, in line with the authentic human and spiritual values of the Italian people”
CATHOLIC CULTURE NORTH AMERICA
Ignoring America’s true greatness — The United States was founded on exceptional principles, that we are ignoring at our peril WASHINGTON TIMES Obama administration actively hindering Christian refugees who find nearly every door in America closed to themICH Sunday night services canceled so church members can watch Super Bowl instead — (Good to know where people’s priorities lie)
CHRISTIAN NEWS Texas school forces children to remove underwear in intrusive search (Utterly shameful!)
KSDK Police State America: How a Christian family have had all their children seized
CHRISTIAN NEWS The New America: The Oregon-based Christian bakery that refused to bake cake for lesbian wedding, found guilty of discrimination and charged $150,000
CHRISTIAN POST Pro-Palestinian students at Cal-Davis verbally abuse Jewish studentsFN Police State California: California set to scrap exemption from vaccines based on religious beliefs
BB Woman and partner arrested for killing her estranged husband’s entire family — A Canadian couple have been charged with killing every member of the woman’s estranged husband’s immediate family
DAILY MAIL Breakaway South Carolina Episcopal diocese can keep $500 million church property, says judgeCHRISTIAN TODAY The Catholic nun fighting Obamacare — A television network founded by a nun with a dream that has grown into an international Catholic media giant, is under attack because of Obamacare
DAILY CALLER Biden: "The past 6 years have been really, really hard for this country" — (I nominate Biden for this month’s "Stating the Bloomin’ Obvious Award!")
BB Mexican cartel kidnaps and beats newspaper director near Texas borderBB Church minister and family beaten to death in HoustonNBC Harvard bans professors from having relationships with undergradsFN Rich in money, San Francisco is poor in faith and cannot afford to run its own parishes — But faith is alive in the city of St. Francis
CWR "Religious believers must speak in the public square" — Archbishop of Philadelphia
CNH "A great evil has descended on our world" — says Canadian Prime Minister
CHRISTIAN TIMES LATIN AMERICA
Arrest warrant for Argentine president found in dead prosecutor’s homeBOSTON GLOBE Syncretistic Catholics depriving evangelical Christians of their homes in MexicoCHL World Council of Churches calls for protection of priests in ColombiaACNS ISRAEL
Hirelings in Jerusalem’s Churches — Protestant church leaders send clergy to Jerusalem who work against the Jews and support the Muslims. Christians in Jerusalem must search in vain for Sunday services to worship the God of Israel. Hirelings have taken over and chased away the real shepherds along with the true believers
ISRAEL TODAY Ya’alon to visit India in first visit by Israeli defense ministerYNET Knesset Speaker: "The Bible is our deed to this land" — (How I wish there were more who could recognize this truth)
ISRAEL TODAY Poll: Most Israelis interested in studying Bible — (In the years ahead I believe we may see increasing cooperation between some sections of the Church and the Jewish people. In particular I believe we may see Jews accepting Christ as the foretold Messiah of Judaism. Indeed, this "trend" has already begun)
ISRAEL TODAY RUSSIA
"US won’t close eyes to Russian aggression in Ukraine" — John Kerry
VOA Vladimir Putin was diagnosed as having Asperger’s syndrome by expert working for Pentagon think tank, report revealsDAILY MAIL "A Cultural Chernobyl" — As Moscow fire destroys library containing over one million books and documents, including 18th century manuscripts
DAILY MAIL Putin likely to discuss energy cooperation during Egypt visitJERUSALEM POST Russian Orthodox Patriarch praises "balanced" Vatican stand on UkraineCATHOLIC CULTURE Is the Pope’s view of Ukraine blurred by "ecumenical correctness?"CRUX RECOMMENDED ON ALETEIA
BRITAIN & IRELAND
Anti-Semitic attacks in UK have doubled: Hate crimes exceed 1,000 for first time after being fuelled by violence in the Middle East DAILY MAIL Church of England opposes "three-parent babies" legislation — The Church of England has said it would be ‘irresponsible’ to introduce laws to allow ‘three parent babies’ in the UK, ahead of a parliamentary vote on the issue (How refreshing to see the CofE taking a clear stand on a moral issue)
CHRISTIAN TODAY MP’s vote yes to "three-parent babies" — British MP’s have passed legislation making the UK the first country to allow a three-parent IVF technique
CHRISTIAN TODAYALETEIA Statement on Mitochondrial Donation following the vote in ParliamentCCIEW Half of UK adults visited a church last year — Nearly half of British adults have visited a church or a chapel in the last year, according to a new poll (But can the CofE do something about making such visits worthwhile?)
CHRISTIAN TODAY BBC is failing to take religion seriously, says Anglican bishop — (A bit like saying water is wet!)
CATHOLIC HERALD The world we have become: Woman faces jail for possessing extreme pornography and more than 600 indecent images of children when she was just 17 — (A government which cared for its citizens would make pornography illegal)
DAILY MAIL Police State Britain: UK judge rules mother of 6 with learning disability can be sterilized against her will — (Social workers have been given authority to enter the woman’s house, by force if necessary, and similarly to sterilize her by force, if required. Welcome to the new world!)
CHL School apologizes after pupils as young as seven have nightmares after seeing Michael Jackson’s 15-certificate "Thriller" video — (What you watch directly affects you, and the younger you are, the greater the effect)
DAILY MAIL "Disease of Islamic extremism will hang over my generation,"— says David Cameron
DAILY MAIL Mom outraged after children were exposed to gay porn at a family restaurantLIFE SITE The New Britain: "Stickers on your car which mention Jesus will invalidate your insurance" — Age UK Insurance
CHRISTIAN POST Husband builds Britain’s smallest chapel in his back gardenDAILY MAIL Church of Scotland launches event to promote Gaelic languageCOS EUROPE
France reveals photo of Islamist who stabbed three soldiersDAILY MAIL Lawyer asks Pope Francis for night-time relief from Linz Cathedral bells. Wolfgang List contacts the pope after bells in Austrian town keep his client awake — (This is not about noise, but about silencing the Church globally, a job almost done in some parts of the world)
THE GUARDIAN Police State Sweden: Swedish city bans Jews from home schooling their children
ICH Ukraine crisis: Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande to fly to RussiaDAILY TELEGRAPH Churches being destroyed in UkraineOCN Why some Ukrainians feel that Pope Francis “has thrown their country under the bus”RCL Chaldean patriarch decries divisions — In a message issued on the second anniversary of his patriarchal election, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church lamented divisions and other problems within the Eastern Catholic church
CATHOLIC CULTURE Justice: Turkish styleZAMAN AFRICA
Nigerian Bloodbath: Large numbers of innocent civilians have had to lay down their lives as a result of Nigeria’s incompetence in engaging Boko Haram VANGUARD Boko Haram slaughter over 100 in CameroonREUTERS Islamic extremism has diverted attention from South Sudan’s growing crisisRNS Burundi: Priest says arrest of radio host seems a bid to silence the truth on murder of nunsCATHOLIC CULTURE Priest says Egypt church attack was retribution by Muslim BrotherhoodCHRISTIAN TODAY MIDDLE EAST
Will death of Saudi’s King Abdullah be trigger for attack on IsraelCHRISTIAN POST Two Americans working for defense contractor shot in Saudi Arabia — (Look out for the possible destabilization of Saudi Arabia in times ahead)
DAILY MAIL Christian workers in Middle East say, "We know it will end in death; we will die as martyrs. It’s only a matter of when."ICH 20th 9/11 hijacker accuses Saudi of financing al Qaidai24 NEWS Iran commissions cartoons denying Holocaust as retribution over Charlie Hebdo drawingsCHRISTIAN TODAY Tears of a Queen: Rania of Jordan consoles devastated wife of pilot murdered by ISIS, who reveals she only found out about her husband’s barbaric death on Facebook
DAILY MAIL Chaldean Patriarch says report that Iraqi priest’s beheading is unfoundedFIDES ISIS implementing "justice" towards homosexualsDAILY MAIL ISIS sells belongings stolen from Christians and burns manuscriptsTHE TABLETCHRISTIAN TODAYJordan execute two ISIS men in wake of pilot burning
DAILY STAR
They may be medieval barbarians but ISIS is playing a very sophisticated game (and they’re winning)
DAILY MAIL
ISIS recommends marriage for girls at 9 years of age
DAILY TELEGRPAH
ASIA & CHINA
Hundreds of Christian protesters detained by police in India — Demonstrators were pulled on to police buses as they tried to march from one of New Delhi’s largest cathedrals near parliament to the residence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh CHARISMA Another New Delhi church is desecrated: The fifth church vandalized since December — Indian anti-Christian extremists have desecrated yet another Catholic church in New Delhi, prompting Catholics to appeal for a response from public officials
CATHOLIC CULTURE Q: What do you do if, when visiting a bath house in China, you forget your wallet? A: Leave your child as a deposit, of course! — Shocking story of how Chinaman leaves his granddaughter as a deposit, and how she is STILL at bath house a month later!
DAILY MAIL Chinese Bishop Shi Enxiang, Church leader imprisoned since 2001, dead at 94CATHOLIC CULTURE FAMILY MATTERS
"He Redeemed My Life": Man who lived as woman now shares Christ with transgendersCHRISTIAN NEWS LGBT activists insist that Obama bans Christian therapy for teens struggling with gender identity and same-sex attractionCHRISTIAN POST How children in the West are changing — Hooked on iPads and mobiles late into the night, they hardly sleep, here experts reveal the terrifying toll it takes
DAILY MAIL Republican congresswoman slams pro-life leaders as "abhorrent and childish" after backlash for stalling 20-week abortion banCHRISTIAN POST "The content is sadistic": Fifty Shades of Grey is banned in Malaysia as it’s dubbed "more pornography than a movie" — (For those who are willing, please sign the
petition against this degrading movie)
DAILY MAILCHRISTIAN POST ADDITIONAL
A Prophetic Warning From the Holy Spirit — The winds of change are blowing, separating the wheat from the chaff CHARISMA Warning: Stocks will collapse by 50% — (I have said the same, only that my prediction is that
more than 50% of share values will be wiped out)
MONEYNEWS The Truth Files: A brief comparison between the teachings of Christianity and the "religion of peace"
CHRISTIAN POST How an atheist college professor encountered ChristTALK AMEN How archaeology testifies to the authenticity of Scripture — (Holy Writ is the touchstone of Christian teaching, all the more reason therefore that we ought to carefully examine all that it has to say)
BCN A holographic Bible? — Microsoft technology offering new way to view the Bible
CHRISTIAN POST Christian genocide rises sharply as the world just watches
WN Say no to porn. Boycott 50 Shades of Grey, the movie: sign the petitionLP Swedish company implants microchips for staff to use photocopier and canteenDAILY MAILBBC