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Michigan Priest Defrocked After Making Apparent Nazi Salute
The Guardian - Fri Jan 31, 2025
A Michigan priest with the Anglican Catholic church has been removed from his position for making what appears to be a Nazi salute. More»

'AI Jesus' Avatar Tests Man's Faith in Machines and the Divine
Associated Press - Fri Nov 29, 2024
LUCERNE, Switzerland — Would you trust an “AI Jesus” with your innermost thoughts and troubles?

Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of “Jesus” on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture. More»

Central Florida Priest Bites Woman After Denying Her Communion
WFTV-TV - Thu May 23, 2024
SAINT CLOUD, Florida - Communion at a Central Florida church took an unexpected turn – an argument that ended with a priest biting a church member, according to police. More»

Alabama House Advances Bill Allowing Arrest of Librarians
Alabama Political Reporter - Sat Apr 27, 2024
MONGTOMERY, Alabama - A bill allowing librarians to be arrested for the content they allow on shelves advanced out of the Alabama House of Representatives Thursday along party lines. More»

Oklahoma ICU Locks Down, Files Restraining Order Against Evangelical Church Leader
Daily Kos - Fri Feb 18, 2022
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City has had to increase security, lock down their intensive care unit, and file a restraining order, all because of an Oklahoma church group that had been protesting the care and treatment of one of their members for COVID-19. More»

'How to torture a Jew': Chattanooga mother raises concerns with Bible class taught in public school
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Sun Feb 6, 2022
The mother of a Hamilton County middle-schooler is raising concerns about the century-old Bible in the Schools program, which teaches the Bible in Chattanooga-area public schools as literature, as being antisemitic after a local teacher allegedly taught her daughter "how to torture a Jew. More»

Providence priest arrested, accused of possession of child pornography
WPRI-TV - Sun Oct 31, 2021
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — A Providence priest has been arrested and is facing several charges, including possession of child pornography. More»

Kansas State Representative Arrested For Kneeing Boy In Crotch While Teaching
Kansas City Star - Sat May 1, 2021
Kansas state Representative Mark Samsel was arrested on charges of misdemeanor battery on Thursday after getting into a physical altercation with a student while substitute teaching in Wellsville. More»

Pope, in Easter message, slams weapons spending in time of pandemic
Reuters - Sun Apr 4, 2021
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world's poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic "scandalous". More»

Priest ousted after performing exorcisms to try to rid Biden from White House
The Independent - Thu Jan 28, 2021
A priest who live-streamed himself performing exorcisms of alleged election fraud in 3 November's presidential election, has left his post at a Roman Catholic diocese in Wisconsin. More»

Some 9,000 children died in Ireland's church-run homes for unwed mothers
NBC News - Tue Jan 12, 2021
Some 9,000 children died in Ireland's church-run homes for unwed mothers, a government report published on Tuesday found. More»

Archaeologists in Golan Heights Unearth Fort Dated to Time of Biblical King David
Smithsonian - Sun Nov 15, 2020
Archaeologists in the Golan Heights, a 500-square-mile plateau claimed by both Israel and Syria, have found the ruins of the area's oldest known fortified settlement. More»

Alabama Bill May Lift Yoga Ban In Public Schools But Prohibit 'Namaste' Greeting
The Guardian - Sun Mar 8, 2020
Alabama could takes steps to lift a decades-old ban on yoga in public schools this week, but would keep a ban on the greeting “namaste” in place. More»

Inspired by Trump, Mike Heath Announces Launch of "F*ggots are Maggots" Tour
Right Wing Watch - Mon Feb 3, 2020
On Friday’s episode of Dave Daubenmire’s “Pass The Salt Live” livestream, right-wing activist Mike Heath announced that President Donald Trump’s willingness to insult people has inspired Heath to launch his own “(yes, I really do fuck chickens)s Are Maggots” national tour. More»

Struggling Church Asks Aging Congregation To ‘Stay Away’ In Hopes Of Attracting Young Families
WSB-TV - Tue Jan 21, 2020
COTTAGE GROVE, Minnnesota - Members of the congregation at a Methodist Church in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, are upset that their church is asking them to stay away for two years so it might appeal to younger people. More»

10 Evangelicals Arrested After Killing 7 During Violent Exorcism Rituals
Patheos - Fri Jan 17, 2020
Authorities in Panama report 10 evangelicals have been arrested for the murder of six children and one adult, and the torture of 14 others, during violent exorcism rituals. More»

Televangelist Paula White Suggests People Send Her Their January Salary or Face Consequences From God
Newsweek - Mon Dec 2, 2019
Donald Trump's spiritual adviser has suggested that people send her money in order to transform their lives, or face divine consequences. More»

Utah Woman Charged With Lewdness After Being Topless In Her Own Home
NPR - Thu Nov 21, 2019
A Utah woman has been charged with lewdness in her own home after her stepchildren walked into the room and saw her bare chest. More»

South Carolina Ford dealership launches 'God, Guns and America' promotion offering a Bible, flag and $400 voucher for an AR-15 with every car sold
Daily Mail - Wed Oct 9, 2019
HONEA PATH, South Carolina - A South Carolina Ford dealership has launched a ‘patriotic’ promotion that gifts customers a free bible, an American flag and a voucher to buy an AR-15 assault rifle with every car purchased. More»

Rio: Two Men Kiss in a Comic Book, and a Mayor Orders a Raid
New York Times - Sun Sep 8, 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO - The team of law-enforcement agents deployed by the mayor to “defend the family” descended on the international event and scoured the grounds for their target: copies of a comic book featuring two men kissing. More»

Conversion Therapy Crusader Has Something To Say: He's Gay
NBC News - Tue Sep 3, 2019
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina - A South Carolina man who founded one of the nation's biggest conversion therapy ministries has something to say: he's gay. More»

Harry Potter Books Taken Off Shelves At Catholic School Over Risk Of 'Conjuring Evil Spirits'
NBC News - Tue Sep 3, 2019
"The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses," a school pastor reportedly wrote in an email explaining the decision. More»

Anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT DA says critics are infringing on his rights
WTVF-TV - Fri Jul 26, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Middle Tennessee district attorney, facing criticism for expressing doubt about whether Muslims and LGBT individuals are entitled to legal protections, says his critics are trying to infringe upon his religious rights. More»

Pastor Claims He Was Sucking Demons Out Of Sexually Assaulted Men
Newsweek - Thu Jul 18, 2019
A Presbyterian minister in New Jersey is accused of sexually assaulting several parishioners under the guise of exorcising evil spirits. More»

Alabama Republican County Official Refuses To Apologize After Writing 'F*****G Q****S Have Gotten Too Much Sympathy'
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 18, 2019
A county official in Alabama is defending his comments about gay people while the local Republican Party is distancing itself from him after he said 'fucking queers have gotten too much sympathy'. More»

American Pastor 'Gave 50,000 Ugandans A "Miracle Cure" For HIV That Was Actually Industrial Strength BLEACH'
Daily Mail - Wed May 22, 2019
A pastor from New Jersey has been accused of giving up to 50,000 Ugandans a 'miracle cure' for malaria and HIV/Aids made from industrial strength bleach. More»

‘Only The Lord God Almighty Is In Control’: Texas Lawmaker Attacks Noted Pediatrician, Calls Vaccines ‘Sorcery’
Raw Story - Thu May 9, 2019
An anti-vaccine Texas Republican state lawmaker attacked a distinguished medical doctor, the dean and chief of pediatric medicine at Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, over vaccines this week. More»

Georgia Councilman Says Interracial Marriage Is ‘Just Not The Way A Christian Is Supposed To Live’
Raw Story - Mon May 6, 2019
HOSCHTON, Georgia - A Georgia councilman who came to the defense of the city’s mayor after she was accused of racism said that interracial marriage is “just not the way a Christian is supposed to live”. More»

Today's Doom! The Rapture Is April 23
Patheos - Wed Apr 17, 2019
Fox News reports the end of the world is April 23, according to prominent Christian numerologist David Meade. More»

Catholic Priests in Poland Burn "Sacrilegious" Harry Potter Books
BBC - Mon Apr 1, 2019
Catholic priests in northern Poland have burned books they consider to be sacrilegious, including ones from the Harry Potter boy wizard series. More»

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