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July 2018

July 08, 2018

Woman faces jail for stealing cash from a Catholic church

A Wisconsin woman, Deborah Marcellus, 63, inset, faces a lengthy jail sentence for stealing more...

July 07, 2018

Pressure mounts on Pope to sack convicted archbishop

Anger is mounting in Australia over the refusal of Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson, 67, to...

July 05, 2018

Christians join Pride march to apologise for past intolerance

Members of the Church of Freedom in Christ Ministries – 'an inclusive and LGBT affirming'...

July 05, 2018

Catholic priest tells mourners 'get the hell out of my church'

Father Michael Briese, pastor of St Mary’s Parish in Newport, Maryland, has been forced to...

July 04, 2018

This man says Depp's life is in a mess, and he needs a Jesus fix

Under the heading 'Will Johnny Depp Turn to God in His Time of Crisis?', Larry...

July 03, 2018

Clerical sex abuse: archbishop gets 12 months' detention

The most senior clergyman in the world to be convicted of concealing child sex abuse,...

July 02, 2018

Priest faces investigation over botched St George restoration

A Catholic priest in Navarre, northern Spain, has been accused of negligence for allowing a...

July 01, 2018

Florida city challenges court ruling over police prayer vigil

The city council of Ocala, Florida, is vigorously defending its Police Chief Greg Graham, above,...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

This man is judged too crazy to warrant Republican support

It takes some doing to be rejected by a political party packed to the rafters...

June 27, 2018

Protesters devise a plan to sabotage Pope's Ireland visit

Organisers of Pope Francis's visit to Ireland in August were delighted this week by a...

June 26, 2018

Ex-Irish President says infant baptisms violate human rights

Mary McAleese, Ireland’s President from 1997 to 2011 and an outspoken critic of the Catholic...

June 25, 2018

Priest who slapped 'a little Christian' is forced to retire

Father Jacques Lacroix, 89, who was caught on video last week slapping the face of...

June 24, 2018

Vatican diplomat Carlo Capella jailed for child porn offences

At the conclusion the first such trial of its kind in the Vatican Monsignor Carlo...

June 23, 2018

Leaps of faith cut no ice with young people, says UK cleric

Earlier this month a shot of six Anglican readers, jumping in the air together with...

June 22, 2018

I stand accused of 'spouting hatred' against evangelicals

Back in May, I penned a column for the weekly Spanish newspaper, Round Town News...

June 21, 2018

Police issue arrest warrant for crazy 'green zombie' preacher

Back in 2016 William 'Bill' Whatcott, inset, a Canadian evangelist notorious for his anti-LGBTQ activism,...

June 20, 2018

Trouble ahead for Pope's World Families gathering in Ireland

The World Meeting of Families congress, scheduled to take place in Dublin in August with...

June 20, 2018

Oklahoma Christians weigh in over cannabis legalisation vote

Canada has just voted to legalise the use of cannabis. In the UK, Theresa May's...

June 19, 2018

Dallas: 'Hateful' and 'divisive' billboards are removed

Pastor Robert Jeffress, one of Trump's many crackpot advisers, is not a happy chappie because...

June 18, 2018

Canadian law school ruling is a 'blow to religious freedom'

When the Supreme Court in Canada recently ruled that the law societies of Ontario and...

June 17, 2018

Christian Psychiatrist Services in Memphis, Tenn, shuts down

Dr Valerie Louise Augustus has been forced to close her office for two months and...

June 15, 2018

Scottish MSP: 'Catholics are being treated with contempt'

James Kelly, above, a Labour member of the Scottish parliament, has accused the government of ‘treating...

June 15, 2018

Out with the priests: US School Board vote upsets Christians

Fairfax County School Board in Virginia yesterday voted to remove 'clergy' from a list of...

June 14, 2018

Anti-abortion US writer wants Catholics to boycott Irish goods

John Clark, above, an American writer and father of nine, last week lamented the result...

June 14, 2018

American Christians perceive God as young, white & loving

A report published this week by Premier, which shows a computer-generated image of God looking...

June 12, 2018

Faith-centred gym shuts down after nixing a gay pride event

If you 'live, move, and breathe in God’s world' a warm welcome would have awaited...

June 11, 2018

Jesus statue 'too Catholic' for a Baptist Church, and has to go

A hand-carved, 7-foot statue has been displayed outside the front entrance of Red Bank Baptist...

June 10, 2018

'Atheist fundamentalists' force hospital's removal of Bibles

A new state-of-the-art hospital in Scotland has ditched a plan to put Bibles in all...

June 10, 2018

Christians get their panties in a twist over giant Monroe statue

The placement of a 26-foot statue of Marilyn Monroe directly in front of a church...

June 09, 2018

Op-ed: stop teaching Christian crap to kids in Florida schools

Ever since he took office, Donald Trump has been feverishly working alongside evangelical Christians to...