Trade War #2: Tariffs on Mexico could cost America 400,000 jobs, a new report says By Matt Egan, CNN Business. Updated 5:32 PM ET, Wed June 5, 2019 New York (CNN Business) The Trump administration’s expansion of the global trade war to Mexico could have harsh economic consequences for American workers […]
Pope to receive Putin at Vatican on July 4. False Prophet hopes to have better results with the ‘bear’ (Russia) than the ‘dragon’ (China). Increasing Christian persecution in both China and Russia. Loyalty to State above Christ. AFP•June 6, 2019 Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis will receive […]
US Catholic Church reports big rise in sex-abuse allegations DAVID CRARY. Associated Press•May 31, 2019 NEW YORK (AP) — Quantifying its vast sex-abuse crisis, the U.S. Roman Catholic Church said Friday that allegations of child sex abuse by clerics more than doubled in its latest 12-month reporting period, […]
Coastal Catholics call on this go-between for protection from devastating storms. No mention or petition of Christ, The Savior. By Michelle Krupa, CNN. Updated 2:10 PM ET, Sat June 1, 2019 As Hurricane Matthew whipped up Florida’s Atlantic coast in 2016, Beth Williby got scared. “That hurricane, in particular, […]
Can witches and consumer culture coexist? June 4, 2019. RNS. Tara Isabella Burton: (RNS) — Magic has reached Main Street. For the past few months, the high-end boho clothing outlet Anthropologie has been selling a white sage “smudging” spray — evoking indigenous American cultures’ ritual burning practices at […]
PROFESSOR: BELIEF IN ALIENS COULD REPLACE TRADITIONAL RELIGION Futurism.com JUNE 4TH 19__KRISTIN HOUSER The number of Americans who believe in intelligent alien life is now about the same as the number who believe in God — and Diana Pasulka doesn’t think that’s a coincidence. Pasulka is a professor of religious studies at the University […]
Baltic countries’ historic pagan past re-emerges May 31, 2019. RNS. SAMMA, Estonia (RNS) — In the middle of a dense forest in northern Estonia, where the closest village has a population of 32, only a wooden sign with the word “HIIS” clumsily daubed in green indicates anything unusual […]
The Pacific Northwest is the American non-religious future May 31, 2019. RNS. Mark Silk. SEATTLE (RNS) — Early in this century, the academic center that I direct undertook a research project to examine religion and regionalism in American public life. Of the eight regions we divided the country […]
Mexican church leader still its ‘apostle’ after rape arrest. Wolf in sheep’s clothing. False prophets. MARK STEVENSON and STEFANIE DAZIO.Associated Press•June 5, 2019 MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo church said Wednesday that its leader and “apostle” Naasón Joaquín García, who was arrested in […]
Rumours/Threats of Wars; China vs. Taiwan: What a War Would Look Like (In a Word: Terrifying) J. Michael Cole. The National Interest•June 5, 2019 One last area where Taiwan could do more to deter Beijing is in cyber warfare, or “electronic sabotage.” Using intelligence assets in China (closer […]
