Chief Rabbis Meet the Pope
Chief Rabbis Yona Metzger and Rishon LeTzion Shlomo Amar are holding a historic meeting today, Friday, in the Vatican with Pope John Paul II. The official topic of the 25-minute meeting will be the increasing number of anti-Semitic acts in Europe.

PA: We Could Stop The Bombings, If We Wanted To
Admission Follows String Of Denials That It Has The Ability To Do So

A Poorer Europe Readies To Join The EU
17/01/2004 While you can buy a Big Mac in Frankfurt or Dublin for money earned with 15 minutes of work, you would have to work from 40 minutes to an hour in the central European states set to join the EU.

Polish FM Says EU Constitution Deal "Possible In The Coming Weeks"
16/01/2004 Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said a deal on a controversial European Union constitution could be reached in the coming weeks, after a working dinner Friday with his German and French counterparts.

Comments
The Pope seems to be meeting with various religious groups these days.  Could it be that this is in preparation for a one world religious system?

Take a look at the slip of words in the latest admission of the Palestinian Authority.  According to the Jnewswire, the P.A. admitted that they could stop the suicide bombings if they wanted to then turned around and denied it.  Read the article, it will enlighten you.

According to the Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, the new E.U. constitution could be agreed upon in the next few weeks.  What had been previously believed would take at least six months to a year could be signed, sealed and delivered by spring.   This would certainly keep things on schedule as far as the elections are concerned which are slated for summer 2004.  I'll keep you posted on the progress.

One thing that has always bothered me is the economic contributions that the new E.U. members bring to the table.  Many are much poorer than the present members and will require substantial monies to fall in line with the rest of the bloc.  I question the longevity of some of these members.  If there were ever a reason for ten nations to break away from the E.U. and form another confederacy this would be it.  I don't see them breaking away from the E.U. but I do see some changes in who writes the checks and makes the rules.  It may just be that the poorer countries receive limited power.  Of course, that's already in place to some degree. 

Keep your eyes on the E.U. as they progress toward finalizing their constitution.

Pastor Malone