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October 2017

October 01, 2017

Jesus Christ! Is this the worst Christian video ever made?

Do you know who Trisha Kay Paytas is? If you do, you're one up on...

September 2017

September 16, 2017

New horror movie will outrage Christians, Catholics especially

In a scathing attack on a movie called Mother!, Kyle Smith of The National Review...

September 15, 2017

Portland, Tennessee, to be targeted by angry drag queens

Back in 2014, Portland – a city of about 12,000 with 42 churches – found...

September 09, 2017

Malaysia cracks down on fighting Jesus video game

A company called Steam has incurred the wrath of the Malaysian authorities by promoting a...

August 2017

August 07, 2017

Gay man finds God; goes on the rampage against LGBT people

At the end of July this year, a delightful short animated film about a young...

July 2017

July 30, 2017

British actor's God blunder highlights Star Trek's atheism

In the new Star Trek: Discovery TV series Captain Gabriel Lorca, played by Jason Isaacs, ...

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...

June 2017

June 23, 2017

Is a fascist Christian theocracy REALLY the stuff of paranoia?

When Hulu launched its highly-acclaimed dramatisation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale earlier...

April 2017

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 04, 2017

Muslim call to prayer dance remix sparks death threats

El Guitone nightclub in Nabeul, Tunisia has been shut down and is currently under investigation...

March 2017

March 15, 2017

Disney pulls Beauty and the Beast out of Malaysia

The Walt Disney Company has indefinitely pulled Beauty and the Beast from theaters in Malaysia...

March 04, 2017

Beauty and the Beast banned by Alabama drive-in theatre

American actor, Josh Gad, above left in this still from Beauty and the Beast, plays...

February 2017

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 05, 2017

Spanish nun sparks fury by claiming Mary was not a virgin

Sister Lucia Caram, 51, popular in Spain for her TV cookery programmes and her outspoken...

January 2017

January 18, 2017

UK comedy show is an 'act of terrorism' against Muslims

A petition calling for the banning of a BBC2 comedy sketch – The Real Housewives...

January 17, 2017

Comedian's 'haunted bread' comment sparks investigation

Father Kevin McNamara, above, has lodged a complaint with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI)...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

Peppa Pig unsuitable for young Australian Muslims, says cleric

A controversial Muslim leader in Australia, Sheik Shady Alsuleiman, above, is a key figure in...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Theroux's Scientology movie won't be screened in Ireland

Back in October 2015, Louis Theroux's film, My Scientology Movie, was shown at the London...

September 12, 2016

Christian TV entertainer charged with raping a girl

Toby Willis, above — father of a litter of 12 home-schooled kids – was arrested...

August 2016

August 13, 2016

New animated movie slammed for being strongly anti-religious

Sausage Party, released in the UK this weekend, is a raunchy, animated adult comedy about...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Grovelling apology over Fireman Sam's Koran slip-up

Channel 5, operated in the UK by the US media company Viacom, has been forced...

July 15, 2016

Republicans' convention targeted by atheists and gays

When delegates arrive next week in Cleveland, Ohio, for the Republican Party's national convention, they...

June 2016

June 05, 2016

In Germany, it is illegal to poke fun at religion on holy days

Not a lot of people know this, but every Germany state has ‘holiday laws’ that...

April 2016

April 15, 2016

Christian Concern urges people to see 'God's Not Dead' sequel

Why? Because they say that the God's Not Great 2 storyline 'could be taken out...

April 14, 2016

Police protection for comedian who insulted Turkish President

German TV comic, Jan Boehmermann, above, has been placed under police protection after he read...

April 12, 2016

Porn company punishes North Carolina over anti-LGBT law

North Carolina has been drawing national attention for new legislation that blocks cities and local...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Anti-gay Bill could cost Georgia a fortune in lost revenue

If the Governor of the US state of Georgia, Nathan Deal, above, signs into law...

March 23, 2016

'Evil God' interview shortlisted for religious broadcasting prize

An RTE television interview in which the actor, writer and TV presenter Stephen Fry, above,...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Catholic abuse movie wins Best Picture Oscar award

Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo, above left, star of Spotlight, was among protesters outside Los Angeles'...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Sir Terry Wogan: 'If you haven't any doubts, you've no brain'

Terry Wogan, above, ditched religion in his teens. But a priest who was a close...