News and Prophecy Staff

“The fungus, Candida albicans, is widespread among humans.  It is relatively harmless to healthy people but can be fatal to hospital patients with weak immune systems.”  It causes 25% of hospital blood infections and is an opportunistic infection that moves from the gut to the blood stream when body defenses are low.  Like MRSA and C. difficil (“C. dif”), this fungus has the ability to develop resistance to treatment.  At the recent Society for General Microbiology conference, Dr. Carol Munro of Aberdeen University acknowledged, “C.

Poland now holds the EU’s rotating presidency and its finance minister, Jacek Rostowski, made this prediction two weeks ago.  On September 14, Mr. Rostowski spoke to MEPs (members of parliament) in Strasbourg.  In his speech, he “warned of the need to act rapidly to prevent grave danger for the EU.”  This comment followed growing speculation that Greece will default on its EU loans.

Actions in the UN last week forced discussions about a future Palestine.  Since Palestinian president Abbas made his request, five EU nations, including France, have pushed to “upgrade” Palestinian territories to “full-membership” in the UN.   Three other EU nations have joined the UK and U.S.

Professor Richard Dawkins is well known for his philosophical conjecture that life came into existence by chance evolutionary processes.  As a scientist, Dr. Dawkins prefers to lecture on philosophy, ridiculing people for their “irrational” belief in God.  He usually “… declines to talk in San Francisco and New York; these cities are too gloriously godless, as far as he is concerned.  ‘As an atheistic lecturer, you are rather wasting your time,’ he says.  He prefers the Bible Belt, where controversy is raw.”

Last month, hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholic youth from around the globe met in Madrid for World Youth Day (WYD) and to hear Pope Benedict XVI speak.  WYD is designed to reach Roman Catholic youth and bring “meaning” to their beliefs.  “The general consensus from those who have done research on them [WYD youth] is that World Youth Days tend to combine young people’s taste for stars and big events with a spiritual dimension.”