To wake up to morning news for this day. To know and understand they Vatican's position that Israel doesn't have a Biblical right to its land, there is no longer a Chosen People, and etcetera, and how about the gathering of wiccans in Oklahoma. The TV got some footage of it. Also, Tony Blair's sister in law now converted to Islam. On and on it goes. And we know it will be getting even worse.By the way, I wrote to the Vatican, and I wrote to PM Netanyahu. I would encourage you all to pray for Israel and to pray for us here as it appears that as followers of Christ, we are considered non-relevant, and almost useless to society if you listen to MSNBC, ABC, CBS, CNBC and NBC and of course, PBS or NPR.Patty Hayes25 Oct 10
Pope Calls On Israel, Palestinians To Push For Peace
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on the Middle Eastern parties to make efforts to bring peace in the region and urged Palestinians not to give up settlement hope.Turning Churches Against Israel
The Evangelical Left is anxious to neutralize evangelicals as America’s typically most pro-Israel demographic, especially by focusing on the plight of Palestinian Christians, who are portrayed as victims exclusively of Israeli oppression. “With God on Our Side,” predictably, portrays pro-Israel Christians as mindless zealots...World stocks up as G-20 vows to avoid currency war
World stocks rose and the dollar slumped Monday after global finance chiefs vowed to avoid a currency war that could derail the global recovery. With no concrete guidelines to go by, however, investors are wary that this may only prove a temporary truce.Fed-up Americans: Fire the judges, too!
Judicial elections across the United States...have turned white-hot in Iowa, where residents are organizing and campaigning to fire three of the state Supreme Court members who created same-sex marriage for the state.Republicans may affect US pressure on Israel
A big Republican win in November 2 congressional elections could stymie... Obama's attempts to reset relations with Russia, but open the way for a new bipartisan toughness toward China.Lauren Booth Converts to Islam After 'Holy Experience'
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, Lauren Booth, has converted to Islam after a trip to Iran. The 43-year-old broadcast journalist, who works for Iran’s English-language Press TV, said she had a “holy experience” while visiting the Fatima al-Masumeh shrine in the city of QomCatholic Cleric: Jesus Cancelled Biblical ‘Chosen People’
The Creator’s promise in the Bible that the Promised Land belongs to the Jewish People is no longer valid, a Catholic synod declared. An American archbishop at the Synod explained Saturday that the promise of the Creator was "abolished by the presence of Christ."Satanists Hold Ritual to Mock Christianity in Oklahoma City
In downtown Oklahoma City, Satanists held a Ritual in public at the Civic Center. The ritual began at 8 p.m. Thursday and drew plenty of controversy.Before making it inside where the Satanists were practicing their religion, prayers were heard outside by groups opposing the ritual.Chiquita Carbajal said she is against the ritual. “No place for Satan in Oklahoma,” she said.One woman outside began screaming at the Christians to kill each other and rape children.Fight for Orthodoxy: Catholic Bloggers Monitor ‘Marxist Influence’
Pressure is on to change the Roman Catholic Church in America, but it’s not coming from the usual liberal suspects. A new breed of theological conservatives has taken to blogs and YouTube to say the church isn’t Catholic enough. Enraged by dissent that they believe has gone unchecked for decades, and unafraid to say so in the starkest language, these activists are naming names and unsettling the church.The Vatican Takes off Its Gloves
Clergy from the Vatican seem to imply that: 'Jerusalem Belongs to Everyone, Especially Us.' U.S. archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros, head of the commission that issued the Synod statement regarding the Jewish People's status from the Bible, that, "There is no longer a favored people, a chosen people; all men and women of every country have become the chosen people.” Is this the new tactic the Vatican is using to wrest Jerusalem from the Jewish People?US Jews Go Right Wing
According to former senior White House aide and White House Jewish Liaison Tevi Troy, despite the assumption that Jewish citizens of the United States traditionally vote for Democrats and not Republicans, there is a shift in the Jewish vote already taking place at the state level.World stocks up as G-20 vows to avoid currency war
World stocks rose and the dollar slumped Monday after global finance chiefs vowed to avoid a currency war that could derail the global recovery. With no concrete guidelines to go by, however, investors are wary that this may only prove a temporary truce. Finance ministers from the Group of 20 developed and emerging countries promised to avoid competitive devaluations - weakening a national currency to help exports and sustain economic recovery - but offered no binding targets for evening out trade imbalances.Lieberman orders 'day after' plans for tackling nuclear Iran
Hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has commissioned a report on how to prepare for a nuclear-armed Iran as doubt mounts about the efficacy of preventive action, an Israeli source said on Monday. Publicly, Israel has pledged to deny the Iranians the means to make a bomb but its previous, centrist government also discreetly drew up "day after" contingency plans should Tehran's uranium enrichment pass the military threshold.Japan protests over Chinese boats near disputed islands
Japan's government has made a formal protest to Beijing after two Chinese fisheries patrol boats were seen near a disputed island chain. Relations between Asia's two biggest economies have been tense since a Chinese trawler captain was arrested by Japan's coastguard in the same area in early September. The Chinese boats were spotted by the coastguard late on Sunday.EU concedes IMF seats in 'historic' shake-up
Europe has conceded its overrepresentation within the structure of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), allowing emerging nations a louder voice and a real place at the table on the board of the organisation set up some 60 years ago to oversee the world's financial system. Finance ministers at the Group of 20 nations summit in Gyeongjiu, South Korea, on Saturday (23 October) agreed to the changes...'Turkey questions Israeli access to US missile data'
Turkey has questioned US officials if non-NATO countries will have access to intelligence and data gathered by a proposed anti-missile defense system, according to sources quoted in the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman. In response, the US has said that the intelligence gathered by sensor's in the system would not available to any non-NATO countries, including Israel.