DUBLIN — The Irish public service broadcaster RTE has apologized for causing offense after receiving hundreds of complaints about a blasphemous comedy skit that aired on New Year’s Eve depicting God led away by police after being convicted of raping Mary. “RTÉ recognizes that matters which can cause offense naturally differ from person to person, […]
CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an injunction to nine faith-based schools who sued the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department (TLCHD) in Ohio for temporarily banning in-person instruction while permitting some secular facilities to remain open. “In Lucas County, the plaintiffs’ schools are closed, while gyms, tanning salons, office buildings, and the Hollywood […]
ROME — On one of the Roman Catholic feast days following Christmas, “Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God,” Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” consecrated 2021 to the deceased Mary, asking that she bless the days ahead and help men to find time for God and others. His words were affirmed by some and […]
WASHINGTON — A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives and former longtime Methodist minister opened the 117th Congress with a prayer on Sunday that ended with citing the Hindu and Buddhist god Brahma and the seemingly gendered remark “amen and a woman.” “Eternal God, noiselessly we bow before your throne of grace […]
RICHMOND, Va. — A number of churches, faith-based schools and businesses have signed an open letter to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, asking him not to enforce the so-called “Virginia Values Act” in a way that attempts to “force” Christians to violate their deeply-held convictions under penalty of law that includes up to $100,000 in fines […]
SAN FRANCISCO — In addition to the $2 million in damages awarded to Planned Parenthood by a jury last year, a federal judge has ruled that the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), led by David Daleiden, must pay more than $13 million in attorneys fees to the abortion and contraception giant. Planned Parenthood had originally […]
LANCASTER, Calif. — A California man has been charged with murder after beating his hospital roommate to death last month in becoming upset that the elderly Roman Catholic man was praying. According to reports, Jesse Martinez, 37, was admitted to Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster after contracting the novel coronavirus and shared a room in […]
WASHINGTON — “We are a proud abortion provider,” Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson told the Washington Post in explaining that she doesn’t like when people say that abortion is only a small part of their services. She opined that doing so “stigmatizes” and lessens the abortion aspect of Planned Parenthood as being “not a big […]
BUENOS AIRES — Thousands of depraved women cheered, cried, chanted and danced in the streets on Wednesday after Argentina’s Senate voted to legalize the murder of unborn children up to 14 weeks (nearly four months gestation). Abortion had previously been outlawed in the country, with the exception of rape and the life of the mother. […]
MADISON, Wisc. — A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DoC) must allow a male inmate who identifies as a woman to obtain taxpayer-funded “sex reassignment” surgery, no matter how controversial the matter might be. “The rights of transgender persons and sex reassignment […]