Tag: Spain
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Euthanasia law passed in Portugal despite strong religious opposition and a presidential veto
BACK in March of this year, Portugal’s Catholic bishops got a bit ahead of themselves when they congratulated the country’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, above, for vetoing a proposed euthanasia bill. De Sousa is a “devout churchgoer.” Their joy was short-lived. Despite the veto, the lawmakers yesterday (Friday) passed a law that will enable…
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Coming soon to a church near you: Jesus’ dead body, naked and circumcised
EXTRAPOLATED from the Shroud of Turin by a group of Spanish artists, a recreation of the Jesus‘ corpse, wounds and all, was unveiled in time for Easter in Gaudix Cathedral in Granada, Spain. The world’s first “hyper-realistic” recreation of “The Mystery Man” will remain in Spain until June 30, and will then be exhibited at…
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Row erupts over a pig’s ‘penis’ at a Michigan school
Back in 2010 all hell broke loose at an Oklahoma Catholic Church—St. Charles Borromeo—over a crucifix that many claimed was obscene. Now something similar has occurred in Michigan where a schoolgirl, aged 11, was traumatised after being accused by an art teacher of drawing a pig with ‘boy parts’. JUST when I a thought I’d…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 