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October 2021

October 25, 2021

Mass hysteria: Church’s cultural diversity service branded a ‘circus’

HORRIFIED Catholics are bandying about words such as " heresy", "sacrilege", "apostasy" and "paganism" beneath...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

Big trouble in little Ferndale as Lutherans clash over church sign

IN picturesque Ferndale, California (population around 1,300) there are two Lutheran churches. Our Savior’s Lutheran...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

Mega-rich pastor flouts lockdown rules & savages ‘corrupt’ preachers

TWO things to know about John MacArthur, above, of Grace Community Church in California: He...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

‘Papa Yule’ brings joy to whites-only ‘church’ mired in a racism row

MEMBERS of the Ásatrú Folk Assembly in California refused this week to allow a racism row...

December 05, 2020

Christian racists target California’s mysterious ‘gay alien’ monolith

A MONOLITH that appeared mysteriously in California was torn down this week by a group...

November 2020

November 08, 2020

Weeping pastor says Trump asked for prayers to reverse his defeat

IN a lengthy 'we wuz robbed' sermon, pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Rabbi who survived horrific shooting pleads guilty to cheating IRS

RABBI Yisroel Goldstein, above, who became 'a global symbol of courage and religious freedom' after...

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Trump judge gets a bruising in SCOTUS religious liberty case

ON Friday the US Supreme Court rejected a church’s challenge to California’s COVID-19 restrictions by...

April 2020

April 19, 2020

Investors in a faith-based charity scheme lose $33-million

PROMISES made to potential investors in a God-centred scheme operated by the Church of the...

April 05, 2020

Dodgy pastor denies link with COVID-19 outbreak in California

A PENTECOSTAL preacher, previously embroiled in a Slavic real estate scandal that ended with one...

February 2020

February 16, 2020

LA woman sues church, alleging decades of sexual abuse

SOCHIL Martin, above, claims in a lawsuit launched last Wednesday in California that she was...

January 2020

January 01, 2020

Lawsuit claims Mother Teresa shielded a predatory priest

A LAWSUIT filed in California yesterday (Tuesday) alleges that Mother Teresa vigorously defended her 'spiritual...

September 2019

September 21, 2019

Anger expressed over ‘In God We Trust’ decals on US city’s cop cars

DESPITE strong opposition from residents in Ridgecrest, California, the council voted 3-2 this week to...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

‘Straight Pride’ organiser says ‘we are a totally peaceful racist group’

IN arguing his case for a 'Straight Pride' rally in Modesdo, California, Don Grundmann, the...

July 2019

July 23, 2019

Car-crash priest found in possession of $95k of stolen church funds

WHEN father Oscar Diaz, 56, of Santa Rosa’s Resurrection Parish in California, crashed his car...

June 2019

June 09, 2019

Mexican ‘apostle’, arrested for child rape, keeps his leadership role

Naasón Joaquin Garcia, above, leader of Mexico's La Luz del Mundo church, was arrested last...

April 2019

April 13, 2019

New ‘Jesus chicken’ outlet will be ‘the gayest in America’

RATHER than exclude a Chick-fil-A, as airports in Texas and New York have done, authorities...

April 06, 2019

Doc who said she’d give Jews ‘wrong meds’ has job offer withdrawn

KERN Medical Center in Bakersfield, California, this week withdrew a job offer made to Dr Lara...

January 2019

January 16, 2019

Weed pastor’s job goes up in smoke. Anti-gay sign was his undoing.

FOR the past week or so the Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church in Weed, California, has...

January 01, 2019

Pastor and former police chaplain arrested for child sex abuse

HERE we go again ... it seems that not a day passes without reports cropping...