August 17, 2020

WHEN America’s Orange Menace mangled the word ‘Yosemite’ earlier this month – calling the National Park ‘Yo-semite’ – mockery and ridicule came swiftly in the wake of his blunder. Given that Trump says something stupid every time he opens his mouth – his “Yo-semite” gaffe was followed by his assertion that the Spanish flu epidemic of 1917 ended World War II – his reference to the park would quickly have been forgotten but for one fact: a Jewish Democratic strategist/activist… Read more

August 16, 2020

WHEN a group of top UK lawyers are asked for their opinion on – of all things – communion cups, you can only shake your head in disbelief. This tale has its beginning in March when the Archbishops of Canterbury and York said churches should not use a single shared cup – or chalice – for communion wine because of the risk of transmitting Covid-19. Which makes perfect sense. But then, at July’s Church of England General Synod, Mary Durlacher,… Read more

August 15, 2020

EFFORTS to keep missionaries away from protected tribes in Brazil continue to be thwarted by Christian organisations and individuals hellbent on foisting their toxic beliefs on Indigenous peoples. The worst culprit is Brazil’s evangelical President Jair Bolsonaro, above, who’s all for Christianising the natives. Last month – after the National Indigenous Foundation ordered all civilians to leave the indigenous reservations with the exception of essential workers and those involved in food distribution – Bolsonaro signed a new law declaring missionaries… Read more

August 14, 2020

CHILEAN archbishop Francisco José Cox, 86, defrocked in 2018 by Pope Francis years after he was credibly accused of sexual abuse, died yesterday (Wednesday) without ever facing trial. News of Cox’s death coincides with a report that the Pope has replaced Polish Archbishop Slawoj Leszek Glodz, 75, who had featured in one of  several devastating  documentaries about priestly sex abuse and cover-up in Poland. In the 2019 film Tell No One, Glodzwas shown eulogising a known paedophile priest, the Reverend… Read more

August 14, 2020

I FIRST became aware of UK-based Rikki Doolan, above, when it was reported in 2017 that he was trying to organise pro-Trump rallies in support of the US President’s scheduled visit to Britain. Writing in 2017 for Vice, James Poulter revealed that Doolan is a personal assistant to Uebert Angel, a “prophet and business coach.” When not hyping Trump’s visit or retweeting his boss’s business ventures, Doolan posts tweets like “No SIN can OUTWEIGH the sacrifice of JESUS” and “What… Read more

August 13, 2020

MARK Grenon, above, self-styled ‘archbishop’ of Florida’s Genesis II Church of Health & Healing and one of his sons have been arrested in connection with the sale of MMS, a ‘miracle solution’ that had allegedly caused the deaths of seven American citizens. MMS is an industrial bleach. Video footage posted to the Twitter feed of Colombia’s top prosecutor showed Grenon and his son Joseph  dressed in blue jump suits and masks, being led away by armed police. The Grenons’ arrest… Read more

August 13, 2020

A PREACHER who reportedly destroyed the career of a mayoral candidate in Alaska with false allegations that he was gay has been named as interim President of Liberty University in Richmond, Virginia. Jerry Prevo, above, replaces Jerry Falwell, Jr, who fell face-first into the doo-doo after posing for a picture showing him canoodling with a sweet young thing while his jeans were partially unzipped. Prevo, who spent 47 years as the pastor of Anchorage Baptist Temple before stepping down last… Read more

August 12, 2020

THE Archdiocese of Newark has apologised to a family whose son Nicky, above, was thrown out of a baptism service for making a noise. According to Fox News, the incident took place during baptism for the Vicidomini family’s daughter at Christ the King Church in Hillside last Saturday. The Archdiocese said: We offer our heartfelt apologies for the abrupt behavior demonstrated by one of our pastors on Saturday during a private family ceremony. The pastor was unaware that the sibling playing… Read more

August 12, 2020

A LOCAL politician in Bangalore  – Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, inset above – was reportedly targeted by angry Muslims yesterday (Tuesday) because a relative had allegedly put a  ‘blasphemous’ post regarding the ‘prophet’ Mohammed on Facebook. In an ensuing riot, which saw vehicles set on fire, police property wrecked and an ATM machine trashed, police where forced to open fire. Three people died. According to the BBC, the relative – along with 110 others – were taken into custody. In an… Read more

August 11, 2020

BROUGHT up in a devout Christian family, Kenneth Felts believed that homosexuality was a sin and that, ‘ if I were to come out as gay, I would probably go to hell.’ So for decades Felts, above, who lives in Colorado, kept his homosexuality a secret – until he decided to use COVID-19 lockdown time to write a memoir in which he revealed  a secret he had kept hidden his entire life: His true sexuality. Felts told CNN that he’s… Read more




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