1870 French Depiction of Europe at War COGwriter A couple of days ago, I reported that a post-Brexit militaristic European superstate has been proposed (see Is a Brexit a step towards a monstrous militaristic superstate?). A reader sent me a link to the following German source which had additional details of what it describes as […]
Month: June 2016
Philippines gets ‘strong man’ as President, and Australia’s upcoming election
Rodrigo Duterte COGwriter The Philippines has a new president: 30 June 2016 MANILA, Philippines — Rodrigo Duterte, who was sworn in as the Philippines’ 16th president on Thursday, has given himself a colossal campaign promise to fulfill: eradicating crime — especially drug trafficking, smuggling, rapes and murder — in three to six months. That won […]
Lying wonders: Muslims claiming to see Jesus
Medjugorje, a place of lying wonders (Beemwej) COGWriter Last week, a woman mentioned to me that she spent a week in Berlin, Germany as part of a group trying to assist Syrian refugees. She reported that according to some coworkers, some Muslims claimed to have seen Jesus and then they became Protestant. She saw this […]
Argentin’s Malcorra says Falklanders not a recognized ‘people’
(Picture By Eric Gaba) COGwriter Tensions have again gone up related to the British controlled territories of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar. First notice something about the Falklanders: Argentina claims Falklanders don’t qualify as a ‘people’ in fresh spat over sovereignty June 28, 2016 Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra – who is standing to become […]
US Supreme Court delivers another blow to ‘freedom of religion’
The US Bill of Rights COGwriter In another sign of the times, yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against religious freedom: June 28, 2016 A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal by a family-owned pharmacy that cited Christian beliefs in objecting to providing emergency contraceptives to women under […]
Peter, Paul, Francis, and the Greek Orthodox
Improperly Claimed Tomb of Peter COGwriter Today is the day the Greco-Roman churches observe combined day for the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul: June 29 marks the day of the Apostles St. Peter and St. Pavel (Paul) in the Bulgarian Orthodox calendar. The feast day commemorates the martyrdom of the two great Apostles, assigned […]
Terrorists strike again–this time in Turkey
COGwriter Notice the following: June 28, 2016 WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL—Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim issued a call for national unity early Wednesday as his country faced a rising death toll from a suicide attack that killed at least 39 people at Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport. Yildirim, flanked by members of his cabinet, said the death toll included […]
Is a Brexit a step towards a monstrous militaristic superstate?
Depiction of Beasts of Daniel 7 COGwriter Could the vote for the UK to leave the European Union encourage the EU to try to become a ‘superstate’? Notice the following reports: European SUPERSTATE to be unveiled: EU nations ‘to be morphed into one’ post-Brexit EUROPEAN political chiefs are to take advantage of Brexit by unveiling […]
Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew, Cardinal Koch, and the ‘Great and Holy Council’
Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis, & Cardinal Koch COGwriter Pope Francis gave a message to Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople today: June 28, 2016 With joy and affection I offer you a heartfelt welcome on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Holy Patrons of the Church of Rome, the Apostles Peter and Paul. I […]
Was Irenaeus a real saint or a real heretic?
An engraving allegedly of Irenaeus, in Gaul (now Lyons, France) COGwriter Today is considered to be the feast/saint’s day for Irenaeus of Lyon. His writings are some of the earliest available on certain heresies and he claimed to have met the faithful Polycarp of Smyrna. A reader sent me the following: Celebrated by the Roman […]