Friday, 29 April 2016 09:26
German intercessors praying for UK
Germany’s intercessors are taking an interest in the UK referendum. Their May prayer letter says, ‘Thank you for all your support in prayer for the European Union of Prayer meeting in The Hague in Holland in…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:23
EU told not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs
Beijing ‘strongly opposes’ the European Union making irresponsible accusations about Hong Kong affairs, and ‘warns foreign governments not to interfere in the city’s affairs’. Hua Chunying, from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, made these remarks at a…
Friday, 22 April 2016 11:12
Greece: sun's rays spark Olympic Games flame
Yesterday, in southern Greece, the flame for the Olympic Games in Brazil was lit, using the sun's rays, by an actor performing the role of a high priestess. The torch will be taken by various runners…
Friday, 22 April 2016 11:10
Europe and Eurasia brace themselves for impact of nations in transit
The migration crisis and economic problems are threatening both the survival of the European Union and the stability of Eurasia’s entrenched dictatorships, according to an annual report on democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans,…
Friday, 22 April 2016 11:01
Pope warns against fortune-tellers
In his morning Mass homily on 18 April Pope Francis said that those who listen to seers do not follow Jesus. The Pope said, ‘Jesus warned us that there will be others who will say the…
Friday, 15 April 2016 11:07
Brussels bombing and anti-Semitism
One in four hundred Europeans is Jewish, yet the Jewish contribution to fields of knowledge and culture is disproportionate to this figure: for example, more than one-fifth of the Nobel Prizes for science have been awarded…