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August 2021

August 19, 2021

Brazilian bishop who buffed his baton on camera is forced to resign

WHATEVER you call it – paddling the pink canoe or coddling the cudgel – masturbation...

July 2021

July 24, 2021

Monkey see, monkey do: Bolsonaro nominates an evangelical judge

CONSERVATIVE Christians in the US were jubilant when right-wing Catholic Amy Coney Barrett, nominated by...

February 2021

February 12, 2021

Missionaries say vaccines will turn tribes ‘into alligators’

AFTER a long delay – due mainly to far-right President Jair Bolsanaro's scepticism about COVID-19 vaccines...

August 2020

August 15, 2020

Missionaries declared ‘essential workers’ by Brazil’s Bolsonaro

EFFORTS to keep missionaries away from protected tribes in Brazil continue to be thwarted by...

July 2020

July 15, 2020

Hypersensitive group targets ‘offensive-to-Hindus’ Brahma beer

WHEN representatives of various faith groups – normally at loggerheads with each other and sometimes...

June 2020

June 22, 2020

Bishop blasts female learning: ‘They be smarter than their husbands’

IN his 1970 three-act play, Happy Birthday Wanda June, Kurt Vonnegut Jr has one of...

May 2020

May 30, 2020

Judge sides with Brazil’s indigenous tribes, sacks Bolsanaro appointee

WHEN the Bolsanaro government in Brazil appointed Ricardo Lopes Dias, above, to head the Uncontacted...

April 2020

April 18, 2020

Judge orders missionaries to stay away from Brazilian reserve

THERE'S not a lot of good news coming out of Brazil, a country headed by...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

‘God’s helicopter’ will bring Jesus (and diseases) to indigenous tribes

BACK IN January Ethnos360, an evangelical Christian missionary group proudly unveiled a shiny new black...

January 2020

January 12, 2020

Free speech victory: Brazil’s Supreme Court lifts Jesus parody ban

THE brouhaha in Brazil over Netflix's The First Temptation of Christ took a new turn...

December 2019

December 25, 2019

H/Q of Brazilian comedy team attacked with Molotov cocktails

OUTRAGE over Netflix's 'blasphemous' gay Jesus festive season special spilled over into violence last night...

December 22, 2019

‘Blasphemy’ in Brazil: Netflix faces lawsuits and an official probe

FOLLOWING our piece earlier this month about the outrage sparked by Netfix's Christmas comedy depicting...

December 13, 2019

Brazilian Christians vent fury over gay Jesus Xmas movie

PORTA dos Fundos is Brazilian comedy group with a huge following in Brazil. Their YouTube...

September 2019

September 08, 2019

Image of gay kiss goes viral after god-besotted mayor condemned it

RIGHT now, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, above – an evangelical Christian...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

Jesus crackers: Vatican officials won’t discuss changing the recipe

THE Catholic Church won't be changing the recipe for the Eucharist – once described as...

January 2019

January 23, 2019

Hey preachers, leave those tribes alone!

THAT'S the message imparted this week by Stephen Corry, Director of Survival International following news...

January 03, 2019

Trump is delighted that Brazil has a demented new President

Brazil's deranged new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, above, has hit the ground running ... towards...

December 2018

December 09, 2018

Renowned Brazilian healer accused of sexually abusing women

Joao Teixeira de Faria, who claims that the spirits of more than 30 doctors work...

November 2018

November 12, 2018

Kim Davis plans to team up with Jesus to embark on a new career

If you can't use your position as a public servant to exercise your God-given right...