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August 2017

August 02, 2017

Seven Catholic priests walk into a pub in Cardiff and ….

They get told to remove themselves because a member of staff thinks they are on...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Congregation asked to pray for priest who procured a girl of 13

Following the arrest in  the Philippines of Monsignor Arnel Lagarejos, above, for procuring a 13-year-old...

July 18, 2017

More than 500 kids abused in Catholic schools over 60 years

Ulrich Weber, above, a German lawyer tasked with investigating abuse at two Catholic institutions –...

July 12, 2017

MT sari 'trademarked' to stop exploitation of her brand

Before she snuffed it in 1997 Mother Teresa reportedly said that her name 'should not...

July 09, 2017

Bishops reminded that 'magic crackers' can't be gluten-free

Back in 2012 the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a statement that 'it...

July 08, 2017

Gay orgy in the Vatican: the truth about Luigi Capozzi

I held off from posting this week about  'drug-fuelled gay orgies' in the Vatican because...

July 07, 2017

Anger expressed over church screening of 'satanic' movies

Father Patrick McCafferty, parish priest for Corpus Christi Parish in west Belfast, ­has expressed anger...

July 07, 2017

Priest, up to his neck in a cash scandal, is made a cardinal

There was widespread speculation a few weeks back that Mali Archbishop Jean Zerbo, above, due...

July 05, 2017

Catholic Malta aims to be a world champion of gay rights

Last month LifeShiteNews went into outrage overdrive when it reported that a rainbow flag had...

July 03, 2017

Poles apart: religion and the real world

When I was growing up in a religious Polish family I found myself really close...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

Holy See 'regrets' charges against Cardinal George Pell

The Holy See today issued a statement in response to news that one of the...

June 27, 2017

Catholic comedian's big gay day out attracts criticism

Yesterday, LifeSiteNews published a bunch of contact details for US comedian Jim Gaffigan, above. To...

June 15, 2017

Tim Farron was the victim of prejudice against Christians

The Catholic Cardinal of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, above, left, has added his voice to those...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

Protests force Sisters of Mercy to withdraw from new hospital

An 'obscene' Irish plan to allow the Sisters of Charity Catholic order to have a...

May 25, 2017

Idiots of the week: Matt Archbold and Andy Burnham

Archbold, a Catholic commentator, and Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, qualify for this spot for...

May 16, 2017

Trump's pick for Vatican ambassador is a Catholic loon

The White House is planning announce that a religious zealot – Callista Gingrich, wife of...

May 10, 2017

Heaven populated by gays says Catholic priest Fr James Martin

The controversial Catholic priest –  appointed by Pope Francis last month to the Vatican’s communications...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Three women are to be put on trial for parading a giant vagina

Thanks to an intervention by Spain's Association of Christian Lawyers (ACL), three women who paraded...

April 25, 2017

Ireland's Sisters of Mercy hospital row takes a fresh turn

Following our report last Thursday that Ireland's National Maternity Hospital (NMH) was to be handed...

April 21, 2017

Catholic official arrested for photographing underage boys

Evrard-Nicolas Sarot, 53, above right, employed by the Church to offer pastoral care at Schiphol...

April 20, 2017

Evidence linking Catholics to slavery surfaces in Ireland

Tom Wall, above, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of Christian Brothers at a...

April 20, 2017

Irish revolt against a religious order getting a new hospital

More than 57,000 people have signed a petition seeking to prevent the Sisters of Charity...

April 19, 2017

Play featuring biblical figures as gay branded 'blasphemous'

America Needs Fatima, a conservative Catholic group, has slammed an Atlanta theatre for planning to...

April 17, 2017

So, which religion is right?

Eighty-four percent of the world’s population (5.8 billion out of 6.9 billion in 2010) are...

April 16, 2017

Apostates need support. Help rescue them from religion.

HumanistGlobal.org – the new website of the Brighter Brains Institute that launched the world’s first...

April 08, 2017

Ireland's latest census shows a steady decline in godliness

Reacting to Irish census figures that show a drop of just 3.4 percent of people...

March 2017

March 12, 2017

Doctor-assisted suicide: bishop slams 'culture of death'

The Hawaii Senate voted overwhelmingly this week to advance a bill permitting physician-assisted suicide for...

March 10, 2017

Church finds nothing funny about priest's bunny stunt

Parish priest Juan Carlos Martínez, 40, from the Galician town of Cuntis, incurred the displeasure...

March 06, 2017

Humanists are starting to gain a foothold in the Philippines

The woman pictured giving science lessons to children in a poor part of Alabang close...

March 06, 2017

Five Indian nuns among eight arrested over teenager's rape

Father Robin Vadakkumcherry*, above, along with five nuns and two doctors, have been arrested in...

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