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December 2020

December 21, 2020

Catholics told ‘don’t panic’ after saint’s blood fails to liquify

A PRIEST gently shook a reliquary holding the congealed blood of San Gennaro, the patron of Naples....

July 2020

July 20, 2020

‘Rogue’ exorcists are encroaching on the turf of ‘genuine’ ones

THE International Association of Exorcists, founded in 1990 by a group of six priests – ...

June 2020

June 14, 2020

COVID-19 raised to goddess status, thanks to superstition in India

SEEN under a microscope, the coronavirus is kinda pretty. If it were a plant and...

December 2019

December 19, 2019

Church enters unknown territory by calling for a child’s resurrection

THE death of a loved one, especially a child, is always devastating. But when people...

October 2019

October 05, 2019

‘Knock it off!’ Devil screams at priest who uses bells for exorcisms

Hell's bells! Yet another report about exorcism – this time via Patti Maguire Armstrong, a...

October 01, 2019

Dark trends in American society call for greater ‘spiritual warfare’

AN Oregon exorcist, who claims he has had the ability to conquer satanic forces since...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

By law, S Dakota schools must now display ‘In God we trust’ signs

EARLIER this year, South Dakota's Governor Kristi Noem, above, signed a daft law that compels...

July 23, 2019

Texas school’s haircut demand ‘traumatises’ Catholic schoolboys

CESAR and Diego Gonzales sport long braids because of a promise their Roman Catholic family...

July 21, 2019

‘I’ll put a spell on you’ – New Yorker stole city funds to hex her ex

AS A Human Resources Administration employee, Eliana Bauta, above, had access to large amounts of...

July 20, 2019

Petition calls for US House of Representatives chaplain to be cast out

AFTER detecting 'an evil presence' in the US House of Representatives this week, Rev Patrick...

July 07, 2019

Heavens to Betsy! Pope moves to create another furshlugginer saint.

The Vatican's saint-creating machine has gone into overdrive. After examining saints in a feature on...

June 2019

June 28, 2019

Let us spray: bishop will drench Colombian demons with holy water

THE Colombian seaport city of Buenaventura has a 'wickedness' problem, but Catholic Bishop Monsignor Rubén...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Georgia church hires woman to make contact with the dead

God told Lakara Foster, above, that in order to prove that there's life after death,...

April 2019

April 04, 2019

Holy smoke! Book-burning priest fined for illegal bonfire

THE Rev Rafal Jarosiewicz, a Catholic priest who recently led a book-burning ceremony in Gdansk,...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Oregon man fired for refusing to attend Bible study sessions

After Ryan Coleman, 34, was hired as a painter by a construction company in Albany,...

November 02, 2018

My atheism: How I became a Christian and then stopped being one

My parents did not appear to be religious, even though I and my brother had...

October 2018

October 20, 2018

Christian witch sows consternation among True Believers™

I've noticed a plethora of reports about the growth of witchcraft in the US recently....

August 2018

August 13, 2018

Preacher says he met an angel in 'really tight' ballet pants

Canadian evangelist and faith healer Todd Bentley, 42, has homo-erotic fantasies – and he's happy...

July 2018

July 26, 2018

Top Hindu: Don't use sacred imagery for 'mercantile greed'

The job of being President of the Universal Society of Hinduism (USofH) entails – among...

July 22, 2018

'Prophet' tricked family into digging up a dead relative

After swallowing the New Testament myth about Lazarus, and how he was brought back to...

May 2018

May 10, 2018

Thai ghostbusters round up 600 lost souls with hell money

Hell money is a form of joss paper printed to resemble legal tender bank notes...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Hell: real or fake?

Barry has already reported on the recurring story of “the pope says there is no...

March 31, 2018

Thai girl dies after drinking 'holy water' given by monks

The teenage girl shown in the framed picture died in Thailand last weekend after three...

March 26, 2018

Pastor jailed for causing death of a 'demonic' two-year-old boy

Aracely Meza, above, pastor at a Texas church called Iglesia Internacional Jesus es el Rey,...

March 21, 2018

The Catholic Church needs fresh blood if it is to survive

The woman pictured above is American Catholic Katie Prejean McGrady and right now she is...

March 19, 2018

Burning wood will combat pollution. It's a religious thing

In a Hindu religious ceremony scheduled to last nine days around 350 priests yesterday began...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Indian lawmaker wants ghostly government building exorcised

BJP MLA Habibur Rehman, above, told Indian media this week that he has asked to...

February 07, 2018

Consumption of more cow's milk will reduce crime in India

Back in 2016 Indian nut-job Shankar Lal, above, prompted a great deal of eye-rolling when...

November 2017

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...

November 10, 2017

Police compel Indian 'miracle worker' to bury his dead son

When his 17-year-old son died late last month from cancer, 'Bishop' Octavio Nevis, above, held...