Category: Christianity
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Abusive priest’s artwork poses a headache for Lourdes shrine in France
A GROUP made of priests, a psychotherapist and an victim of clerical abuse are pondering on whether to remove artwork created for the Basilica of the Sanctuary of Lourdes by Jesuit priest Marko Rupnik, inset above. Rupkin stands accused of sexually and psychologically abusing consecrated women from the Loyola Community in Slovenia. A few months…
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Heavy metal guitarist Mark Moreton accuses Christian store of ‘bootleggin’ my shit’
HOP acoss to Ciaocustom.com and and there you will find an enormous array of tacky Jesus-centred objects ranging from hats to handbags … all designed by Vietnamese, who, ironically, mostly lean to Buddhism. The site says: We are a group of enthusiastic, artistic people who love using art to spread the message of God. Through…
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God & government: new report says ‘anomalous’ bishops should be removed from the House of Lords
A SWEEPING review of the relationship between faith and the state is due to be published within weeks, and, according to The Guardian those involved say much of the final report will talk about the “positive impact” of religion and worship on UK society. Details of the review coincide with a report by the Commission…
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School, ridiculed over Michelango’s David, has a strong Christian ethos
“OH my giddy aunt!” I exclaimed after I read reports that Hope Carrasquilla, inset, had recently been forced to resign from her position of principal at Tallahassee Classical School for featuring an image of Michelangelo’s “pornographic” sculpture of David during a lesson. Media across the globe seized on the story, and made the public school…
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Mass hysteria breaks out in US cinemas screening ‘Come Out in Jesus Name’
DEMONS by the numbers, demons by the score were cast out in around 2,000 cinemas across America this month where Come Out “dropped a spiritual bomb on the forces of Satan.” One person who watched this inexorable garbage attested on this review site: I manifested 4500 demons and people were throwing up green goop; we…
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‘Show Me The Toes’ website created to demand proof of pastor’s miracle claim
AFTER Missouri pastor John Lindell, above, claimed that prayer restored three toes lost by a woman—Krissy Thompson, inset—a website was set set to challenge the claim. Show Me The Toes referred to a Facebook account of the “creative miracle” that took place during a “Week of Power” at Lindell’s James River Church staged between March…
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Calgary pastor faces fresh charges after protesting a new drag show bylaw
DEREK Reimer, who was forcibly ejected from Seton Calgary public library after screaming abuse at parents and children attending a drag queen story event earlier this month, is back behind bars. After his first arrest, the lunatic was released after he agreed to bail conditions that prevent him having any contact with members of the…
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Year of prayer planned to deal with Ireland’s chronic shortage of Catholic priests
“Take the Risk for Christ” is the name of an initiative that’s scheduled to begin on April 30. In a pastoral letter released for Lent, Bishop Paul Dempsey, above, of the Diocese of Achonry, warned that the diocese had not had any new priests for a decade—and has no seminarians currently in formation. Dempsey wrote:…
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Claiming that ‘homosexuals are invading the Church’ is not homophobic, bleats sacked evangelical lecturer
Dr Aaron Edwards, above, a father of five, was dismissed for misconduct by Cliff College, a Methodist college in Derbyshire, after he was accused of bringing the college into disrepute on Twitter. He now making suing noises. EDWARDS, 37, is “considering his legal options” and believes the college has discriminated against him by breaching its…
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‘Bible was ‘ahead of its time in its progressive attitude to women,’ says church warden
Photo by Sarah Noltner on Unsplash THIS preposterous statement comes from Carol Carruthers, warden at St Fimbarrus Parish Church in Fowey, Cornwall, after the church got branded as “sexist” for refusing to to allow a woman to be its next vicar. St Fimbarrus has not had a vicar for four years and is now casting…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 