WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Another escalation in Ukraine, China unveils secret weapon against US fighter jets, silver vaults running dry, Trump authorizes CIA covert ops in Venezuela, and study shows US churchgoers ‘falling away’ from biblical faith

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President Trump on Thursday announced plans for a second summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, this time in Budapest, Hungary. Let’s hope it’s more fruitful than the last summit, held in August in Alaska.

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Francis the divider is dead: Look for his successor to be portrayed as somewhat more conservative and less controversial

Francis split the Catholic Church laity and clergy by his radical pronouncement and his purging of conservative priests and bishops; Look for his successor to be more of a unifying influence

The Argentine Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aka Pope Francis, died Monday morning, the Vatican announced. He was 88 years old.

The Vatican said Francis’s cause of death was heart failure due to a stroke. Below is my analysis, including what to look for as the Vatican chooses the next pope two to three weeks from now.

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Patrick Wood explains link between global ‘One Health’ Initiative, Gaia Worship and Technocracy

Some say the coming one-world religion will be Islam. Others say it will be a blended version of the three “Abrahamic” faiths — Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Any of these theories could turn out to be the correct one, but I think Patrick Wood, editor in chief at Technocracy News and Trends, deserves to be heard regarding another possibility. He just released a new article about the fast-spreading earth worship-based One Health Initiative, which is supported and promoted by the United Nations World Health Organization, the Rockefeller Foundation and World Economic Forum all the way down to our state and local healthcare systems. He connects all the dots in the excellent article below, while including helpful graphics and a video. This is something all Christians need to be aware of.

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