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February 2017

February 24, 2017

Christians say no to a condom factory on 'holy' ground

At the end of last year, 120 Orthodox Christians in the village of Bogolyubovo (a...

February 23, 2017

Denmark hits Koran burner with its ancient blasphemy law

The 'crime' of blasphemy in Denmark has been around for over 150 years, and the...

February 23, 2017

Reality is preferable to 'foolish' religion, says NH Republican

Responding to an article lamenting the rise of secularism in New Hampshire, State Representative Brandon...

February 22, 2017

'You can't touch saints': zealots threaten to torch cinemas

Orthodox Christians in Russia have began a campaign of intimidation against a movie it regards...

February 21, 2017

South Korean woman jailed in Germany for exorcism death

A court in Frankfurt this week sentenced a 44-year-old woman to six years in prison...

February 21, 2017

Humanism book aimed at youngsters blasted by cleric

Free Presbyterian minister Rev David McIlveen, above, is urging people in Northern Ireland to challenge...

February 19, 2017

Cathedral cops will soon regain the power to arrest wrongdoers

At a ceremony due to take place later this year, York Minster’s police force will...

February 16, 2017

Bishop's balls-up adds to C of E's divisions over gay marriage

The Bishop of Coventry, Christopher Cocksworth, above, has admitted a voting error that led him...

February 14, 2017

Deacon arrested for plotting to poison top Georgian cleric

Deacon Giorgi Mamaladze, left, Director of the Property Department of the Georgian Orthodox Church, has...

February 13, 2017

Florida bakery did right by refusing to bake a hateful cake

A judge has thrown out a case brought against a bakery by Robert Mannarino, above....

February 11, 2017

Ark Encounter's rainbow stunt will be a permanent feature

At the end of last year, creationist Ken Ham turned his ridiculous Christian theme park...

February 09, 2017

Warning sounded by man who helped bring Trump to power

Terry Heaton, above, once a key figure in televangelist Pat Robertson's The 700 Club, recently...

February 09, 2017

Fatal church beating: dead teen's parents jailed in NY

Bruce Leonard, 66, and his wife Deborah, 60. above, were sentenced this week to 10...

February 04, 2017

Polari service staged by trainee priests was 'hugely regrettable'

The Rev Canon Chris Chivers, above, looks like a fella who enjoys a hearty laugh....

February 03, 2017

From cult member to apatheist

Where do I start narrating my God apathy? My teenage years, or from way back...

February 03, 2017

Sadistic Christian 'morality campaigner' accused of abuse

In a programme scheduled to be screened tonight (Friday) Channel 4 News will report that...

February 02, 2017

God spake unto Australia, saying 'build me a giant cross'

Acting on an order allegedly received from Him Upstairs, a dotty Christian outfit called the...

February 01, 2017

A Clash of the Uncivilised

Trump, Muslim Profiling and the Far-Right's Assault Donald Trump's suspension of new refugee admissions for...

February 01, 2017

Devout Ten Commandments sheriff faces jail in Tennessee

A few years back, the County Sheriff in Rutherford, Tennessee – Robert Arnold, above – ...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Scots cleric claims gays invite bullying with their behaviour

Chief Executive of Humanist Society Scotland, Gordon MacRae, above, has reacted angrily to an attack...

January 31, 2017

Australian churches persist in efforts to 'cure' homosexuality

Last year Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy, above, promised parliament that legislation would be introduced...

January 30, 2017

Florida pastor forced to flee naked from his lover's home

The Rev O Jermaine Simmons Sr, 37, pastor of the popular Jacob Chapel Baptist Church in Tallahassee,...

January 29, 2017

'Depraved' and 'evil' Christians jailed for life in Ohio over abuse

Timothy Ciboro and his son, Esten Ciboro, above, who used the Bible as as their...

January 28, 2017

Orthodox Church says family violence is a Russian tradition

The Russian Orthodox Church was incensed last summer when lawmakers – acting upon a recommendation...

January 27, 2017

Queen's former chaplain tells Christians to leave the C of E

The Rev Dr Gavin Ashenden, above, has lashed out at the The Church of England,...

January 27, 2017

'Religious cabal' holds fast to Lewis Sabbath swimming ban

When The National reported last December that Scotland's Isle of Lewis Council had decided to...

January 25, 2017

Three face jail over abuse at an Alabama Christian boot camp

Alabama pastor 'Bishop' John David Young Jr, above, is due to be sentenced on February...

January 24, 2017

Child abuse pair claim 'Bible is the only defence we need'

A father and son accused of child abuse are relying on their Bibles rather than...

January 23, 2017

Pastor slams evangelical Christians for voting for Trump

Jomo K Johnson, a founding member of the Black Lives Matter branch in Savannah, Georgia...

January 22, 2017

Prayer boosted pupils' grades, lying school principal claimed

Mississippi school principal Lowanda Tyler-Jones, above, had an explanation for the dramatic improvement in the...