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Absence of belief in God blamed for ‘destructive behaviour’ among the young

SCHOOL shootings, self-harm and destructive thoughts among young people, especially in the U.S. and the U.K., are the result a “shocking” move away from “spirituality” and God, a new study has revealed. The study—reportedly the first of its kind—can hardly be called objective because it was carried by The Center for Bible Engagement, headed Dr.…
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Corpses in a museum create a problem for Orthodox Jews using a London tube station

THE problem: the Exhibition Road entrance to South Kensington tube station forms part of Science Museum, which houses human remains. This apparently makes it inaccessible to those Jews who believe that they may not come into contact with dead bodies in any shape or form (exceptions are made for immediate family). The proposed solution, according…
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Church’s financial director stole $350,000 to buy sex toys and other personal items

CHURCHES are notorious for their inability to safeguard children and the vulnerable. Oh, and money, as a new report about the arrest of Sara Ann Mock-Butler, inset above, indicates. The Colorado Springs woman, who was employed at Pikes Peak Christian Church, is accused of nicking about $350,000 in church funds to purchase items for her…
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With an abuse case pending against dead Pope Ratzinger, relatives say no to his money

IN January this year it was reported that a court case in Germany against the late Pope Benedict XVI will continue in spite of his death. He was accused of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest during his time as Archbishop of Munich and Freising. The case, according to Religion News Service, raises…
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The LGBT+ agenda ‘has done more for the cause of U.S. Christian nationalism than anyone or anything else’

THAT’S the view of Shane Schaetzel, above, a Catholic commentator who took to Twitter this week to predict that the number of Christian nationalists in America “will only get higher the more the Alphabet People keep pushing their agenda. So by all means, keep pushing that ‘Pride.’” Schaetzel was reacting to a Gallup poll that…
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Pat Robertson dead at 93: Here are some of his most ludicrous pronouncements.

OVER many decades Robertson, above, founder of The 700 Club TV show, proved gift to secular news outlets, atheist bloggers and satirists for dishing out hare-brained statements. The wackiest of these centred on God’s wrath and the punishments he brought down upon the heads of “sinners.” Example: he claimed that the terrorist attacks that killed…
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Church goes to pot: pastor & son turned South Side Baptist into a drugs outlet after it allegedly shut due to Covid

WHEN police recently raided North Carolina’s South Side Baptist Church, operated by pastor Josh Price, 50, and his son Matthew, 28, inset above, they found cannabis plants, “magic mushrooms” and other substances. In a Facebook post, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office announced: On Sunday May 28th 2023, Deputies with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division…
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Jesus was the ‘ultimate shaman’ who may have eaten magic mushrooms says loopy Capitol insurrectionist

SHORTLY after his release last month from prison for his part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, Jacob Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, 36, tried to explain his potpourri of religious beliefs to a crowd of Christian nationalists at a “welcome home” gathering in Phoenix, Arizona. But the “QAnon shaman”, who served roughly a year…
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Catholic group calls for $1-m to fund ads calling for a boycott of the LA Dodgers

FURY among conservative Catholic groups over the fact that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will not only appear at a Dodgers game on June 16 but will also be handed a Community Hero Award is reaching fever pitch. One outfit—CatholicVote—has gone so far as to launch a $1-m fundraiser to buy ads aimed at exposing…
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Catholic cleric who railed against ‘psychosexually dysfunctional’ priests faces child pornography charges

FOLLOWING his arrest in October, 2021, for possessing child porn, Father James W. Jackson, a Rhode Island priest, was detained for the second time last year in Kansas for allegedly violating the conditions of his release. His trial is about to commence shortly. And here’s the kicker: Just weeks before his first arrest, Jackson wrote…


“The curriculum had already drawn tensions among the county’s religious parents, with some worrying about appropriateness and arguing the material…