(The Irish Times) — A bill to reduce the penalty for an illegal abortion from 14 years in prison to €1 has been overwhelmingly defeated in the Dáil. The private members bill, introduced this week by AAA-PBP TD Bríd Smith, was defeated by 81 votes to 26 in the Dáil on Thursday, with 22 TDs […]
BABILE, Ethiopia (Open Doors USA) — Four teenage believers, three of them minors, served a one-month jail sentence after being convicted on charges of distributing Christian literature and “inciting religious violence.” The girls were reported to be “in good health” following their release from prison on Dec. 22. Gifti, 14; Mihiret, 14; Eden, 15; and […]
CNN host Reza Aslan, a Muslim, is sparking outrage after eating part of a human brain during a televised meeting with a cannibalistic extreme Hindu sect called the Aghori. The meeting was part of his television series “Believer,” which is said to feature the “world’s most fascinating faith-based groups.” The Aghori, while identifying as worshipers […]
Scotland (The Christian Institute) — Alcohol-related harm accounts for 22 deaths in Scotland a week, a shocking new report has found. Figures released by the country’s chief medical officer, Dr. Catherine Calderwood, also revealed that alcohol causes an average of 674 hospital admissions per week. The news comes shortly after a Scottish charity warned that […]
(Open Doors USA) — In parts of Mexico, going to church is risky and dangerous. Drug cartels are treading on the heels of churches in Mexico, extending their gripping power beyond the northern states where, for many years, they have been harassing entire communities ruthlessly. A very common practice drug traffickers have implemented to control whole […]
(Fight the New Drug) — Sex doll brothel. What sounds like a weird sci-fi joke is a new reality in one European country, and some experts are predicting this new “business” is a look into the future. Barcelona, Spain, has just become home to the first known brothel with “lifelike” silicone sex dolls as its […]
(New York Post/Fox News) — A 23-year-old man died after chugging a bottle of tequila during a friendly wager at a Dominican nightclub. He won $630, but just minutes later he lost his life. The cause of death was listed as alcohol intoxication by the medical examiner. Continue reading this story >>
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — A Nicaraguan minister was arrested this past week after a woman died following an exorcism attempt that resulted in burns on more than 80 percent of her body. Juan Gregorio Rocha Romero, 23, claims that Vilma Trujillo Garcia, 25, threw herself in the fire during the exorcism, but the woman’s husband asserts that it was Romero […]
KINLOCHEWE, Scotland — The owner of a bed and breakfast in Scotland has been taken to court over language on his website suggesting that he would not bed homosexuals, and that he believes marriage is defined solely as the union between a man and a woman. Tom Forrest, 70, is the owner of Cromasaig Bed and Breakfast […]
TUAM, Ireland (WQAD) – Excavations have uncovered “significant quantities of human remains” at a former home for unmarried mothers run by nuns in Ireland, officials said Friday. Tests indicated they belonged to young children. An investigation was opened following public outcry when a local historian said in 2014 that she believed the bodies of 800 […]