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February 2019

February 27, 2019

Resurrection stunt exposes pastor to ridicule & possible prosecution

AFTER a 'dead' man sat up in his coffin outside a church in South...

February 03, 2019

A National Day of Prayer is called for to break Brexit deadlock

THE First and Second World Wars were halted after Kings George V and VI called...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Prayers have no place in Parliament, say a number of UK MPs

FOR at least 450 years Anglican prayers have kicked off proceedings in Parliament, but a...

January 20, 2019

God fails to provide the cash needed for a UK ‘Revival Prayer Centre’

PLANS have been scrapped to turn an old art deco cinema in the UK in...

November 2018

November 08, 2018

Trump scores big with his caring Christian performance in Missouri

Almost as if he were acting out billboard messages that suggested he was God incarnate,...

November 03, 2018

Clerical abuse in New Orleans: Archbishop asks for forgiveness

A total of 57 Roman Catholic priests are to be named as 'credibly accused' abusers...

October 2018

October 30, 2018

Prayer room battles hot up at Columbia University in New York

While Muslims are complaining that the four prayer rooms allotted to them at the university...

October 18, 2018

As crime rates soar, UK cop responds with ‘stop and pray’ baloney

Amidst reports today that knife crime has hit a record new high in England and...

July 2018

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,...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

Polish theologian rebuked for wishing for Pope's death

Polish theologian Msgr Edward Staniek, above, is receiving backlash for his homily last month in which...

January 2018

January 09, 2018

James Dobson: fast to prevent the President's impeachment

Certainly some – like the fella above – could do with shedding a stone or...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

S African pastor accused of assaulting a female paramedic

South African pastor Patseka Mboro Motsoeneng is to appear in court in January for allegedly...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Offensive to Christians: zealots destroy a Sydney mural

A mural described as 'a direct attack on Christians or anyone who believes in a...

November 14, 2017

Roy Moore's week has just taken a turn for the worse

The tearful woman pictured above is Beverly Young Nelson, and yesterday she accused Judge Roy...

November 12, 2017

Paris prayer protest: 'In France we do not worship in the street'

A 'bizarre' confrontation took place in the Paris suburb of Clichy on Friday when a...

November 11, 2017

Pastor's erection 'miracle' denied exposure on SA TV

Incredible Happenings Ministries leader Paseka ‘Mboro’ Motsoeneng, above, claimed to be the victim of censorship...

October 2017

October 27, 2017

Boiling wok stunt claims the life of a Malaysian medium

The funeral took place today of a Taoist medium – Lim Ba, 68 – who...

October 04, 2017

BC church couple charged with sexual assault & other crimes

Samuel Emerson and his wife Madelaine from the Cloverdale Christian Fellowship Church in Surrey, British Columbia,...

October 03, 2017

Anti-gun control politicians are now praying for Nevada victims

Yesterday, Barbara Comstock, above, a Republican congresswoman in Virginia and a Christian 'extremist' who opposes...

October 01, 2017

Not on the menu: City of London dinner ditches grace

Rev Canon Roger Royle , above, chaplain to Lord Mayor of the City of London,...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Mandatory prayers at Texas medical centre sparks lawsuit

Dr Timothy Shepherd and his wife, Virginia have been named in a lawsuit that alleges...

September 04, 2017

Grace-free ceremony: Belfast's new mayor upsets faith-heads

Belfast has a new Lord Mayor. And Nuala McAllister, an atheist, has started her new...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Why did Houston bear the brunt of Hurricane Harvey?

A quick trawl through fundamentalist Christian threads today provides the answer: Houston, in Harris County,...

August 28, 2017

Malta church ceiling collapses. Same-sex marriage is blamed.

Part of the ceiling of the Ta’ Giezu church in Rabat collapsed last week, and...

June 2017

June 16, 2017

No burqas, no hate preaching at Germany's newest mosque

Seyran Ates, above, a well-known Turkish women’s rights activist and lawyer, today unveiled a 'liberal'...

June 06, 2017

Muslim clerics will say no prayers for London terrorists

A group of 130 imams and religious leaders have refused to perform the traditional Islamic...

June 03, 2017

Governor's 'pray away crime' idea disgusts Kentucky pastor

Reverent Clay Calloway, above right, of the West Louisville Ministers Coalition, said he wanted to...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

Being gay makes you ungodly, sacked Kentucky woman told

A credit union in Kentucky has been hit with a lawsuit following its sacking last...

May 10, 2017

Police halt Stephen Fry blasphemy investigation

An Irish police investigation into allegedly blasphemous comments made by Stephen Fry during a TV...

May 04, 2017

Trump rewards evangelicals with religious freedom order

US President Donald Trump today made good on a promise to allow faith-heads – particularly...