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December 2021

December 13, 2021

Gothic novelist Anne Rice, who quit being a Christian, dies aged 80

BACK in 2010, Anne Rice who gained international fame with her first novel, Interview With...

December 08, 2021

Know your mythology before you mock it

"If you’re going to make fun of Catholic dogma, make damn sure that you get...

December 04, 2021

Hit by Covid, leading Italian anti-vaxxer now says ‘follow the science’

LORENZO Damiano, President of an "ultra-Catholic" association – Pescatori di Pace – has spent the...

November 2021

November 08, 2021

GoFundMe shuts down appeal for priest accused of child porn

REPORTS of Catholic clergy possessing child porn and/or sexually abusing youngsters are a dime a...

November 07, 2021

Priest used confessional to extort indecent pics from boys

*** Update *** McWilliams has received a life sentence. BEHIND the jovial and benevolent face...

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...

October 12, 2021

Wingnut Catholic pundit outraged by a new bisexual Superman

RAYMOND Arroyo, above, best known for pumping out vicious barbs against "too liberal" Pope Francis,...

August 2021

August 21, 2021

Communion cock-up: Chaplain gave the Eucharist to Chicago’s gay, non-Catholic Mayor

CATHOLIC police chaplain Fr Dan Brandt, above, said that he "didn't have his wits about...

August 19, 2021

Atheists get to meet Dublin’s Lord Mayor for the first time

ON Monday this week, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell, above, whinged that Christianity...

August 16, 2021

Anti-vax cardinal said ‘God, not the state, is the ultimate provider of health’. He is now on a ventilator, fighting COVID-19

CATHOLICS are being asked to pray the Rosary for 73-year-old Cardinal Raymond Burke, above, who...

July 2021

July 08, 2021

Parents who pledged $1.35-m to a Catholic academy demand a refund

THE Academy of the Holy Names in Tampa, Florida – headed by Kevin P Whitney,...

June 2021

June 30, 2021

Satan shoes rapper’s dress equates Nazism with Catholicism

THE first time we featured fabulous gay rapper Lil Nas X was back in March...

June 26, 2021

Priest resigns after saying ‘good was done’ at Indigenous schools

IN the midst of anger over the discovery of 215 bodies discovered at the Kamloops...

June 23, 2021

No Communion for Biden, no tax exemption for the Catholic Church

THE United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) may just have bitten off more than...

June 20, 2021

Pastafarians’ ‘Old & New Testicle’ biblical references make it a ‘hoax’

LET'S face it: Pastafarianism is as credible as any other religion, so it's a crying...

June 15, 2021

Arcane law stops British PM from advising Queen on Church of England matters

BECOMING a Catholic can produce some unexpected surprises. This is something Boris Johnson, above,...

May 2021

May 29, 2021

Vaccine ‘wafers’ prove that COVID measures have become ‘a religion’

'WELL, that's gotta be the stupidest thing I'm likely to read all day,' I muttered...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Meet the man leading a drive to alter Poland’s Catholic identity

WHEN Poland last conducted a census a decade ago, a whopping 96 percent of respondents...

April 14, 2021

Head of top Catholic school booted over sexual misconduct

THE Rev Daniel Lahart, above , a Jesuit priest appointed President of a top Catholic...

March 2021

March 16, 2021

Hypocrisy: Sir Elton John slams ‘stupid’ RCC over gay unions stance

BRITISH pop legend Sir Elton John is no fan of religion. Back in 2006 he...

March 08, 2021

Sex-ed: UK Catholics need non-Christians to do their dirty work

IN RESPONSE to the government's announcement in 2017 that a Relationships, Sex and Health Education...

March 01, 2021

Devout Catholic businessman claims Trump is still President

EARLIER this year Robert Unanue, above, CEO of Latin American food company Goya, was ordered...

February 2021

February 25, 2021

Too close for comfort: Catholics protest LGBT show outside a church

A PUBLIC square outside a cathedral in Sydney, Australia, has become the focus of Catholic...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

‘Sexual sadist’ Catholic priest jailed for more than ten years

JOSEPH Quigley is paedophile priest who was sent to the US for 'therapy' before being reinstated...

January 28, 2021

Priest complains of a ‘Catholic Antifa’ after a break with his church

THE woes of Wisconsin priest John Zuhlsdorf, above, began with an 'exorcism' he conducted with...

January 27, 2021

Man at the centre of a Catholic row over life support is dead

CHRISTIAN Concern, made up of busybodies intent on sticking their noses into issues that don't...

January 24, 2021

Catholic tug-of-war over a dying man starts getting ugly

LAST December I carried a piece about a Polish man in the UK who, according...

January 15, 2021

Hit them where it hurts: Ireland warns of seizing RCC assets

IN THE wake of the publication of a horrifying report detailing the extent of cruelty...

January 12, 2021

Babies ‘died like flies’ in Irish Catholic-run homes for unwed mums

THE woman pictured above is amateur historian Catherine Corless, whose investigation of infant deaths at the...

January 02, 2021

Catholic outfit claims Freedom from Religion Foundation ‘stole’ gifts from poor kids

IN AWARDING a 2020 Ebenezer [Scrooge] Award to the US-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, The...