The holy man had failed to report, without delay, the serial physical and sexual abuse inflicted by a trusted volunteer at Christian summer camps in Britain, Zimbabwe and South Africa over several decades.
Pope Francis happened to be in Belgium during the incident.
As Old Testament as you get, Viganò has accused the church of becoming an “inclusive, immigrationist, eco-sustainable, and gay-friendly” institution that has strayed from “its true message”.
Ram Bahadur Bamjon drew international attention in 2005 when tens of thousands of people turned up to see the teenager sitting cross-legged under a tree in a dense forest for nearly 10 months.
The pastor claims that he spoke to God and was granted permission to sell pearly gate property for $100 per square meter.
The papyrus manuscript, which dates to the fourth or fifth century, was thought to be an insignificant piece of writing.
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that only God performs miracles, but that saints who are believed to be with God in heaven intercede on behalf of people who pray to them.
What’s good for the goose, is good for the goat.
The man, masquerading as a religious leader, was arrested after submitting fraudulent documents in an attempt to purchase a luxury car.
Zondo’s defence seems to be grounded in the fact that he is rich, and the allegations are a way to get money out of him.
Worshippers at a Constantia church were left traumatised after three armed robbers conned their way inside.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Just days after the chaos at Sea Point Promenade, religious leaders representing all major faiths convened in Cape Town at the annual interfaith dialogue and agreed that Capetonians have the constitutional right to “pray as they choose, and to gather peacefully without feeling threatened”.
An Italian priest, Father Eros Accorigi, says he is being treated as if he killed someone after asking a young altar girl to assist him in serving communion to his flock.
It seems to be big news – even Jewish News, Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Chronicles, and The Times of Israel have made headlines about it.
Never forget that the self-styled prophet who is facing charges of money laundering, theft, and fraud can apparently walk on air.
Not only did the president and his people fly in on private jets, but they landed on an R20 million runway that he built with his own money.
John de Ruiter has been skirting controversy and accusations that he is running a cult and using spirituality to have sex for decades now.
The hot priest calendar, or the Calendario Romano, as it is formally known, has become a cult souvenir for anyone visiting Italy. But the Vatican has nothing to do with it.
Rather than retreating from the public eye after a trainwreck of a week, Kanye doubled down in an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes.
After years of indoctrination, Mike Rinder became so entrenched in the “aristocracy of Scientology” that Tom Cruise gave him birthday presents.
A fire had broken out in the religious building, and the dome came tumbling down shortly afterwards, sending smoke and debris billowing into the sky.
On a hillside in Katsunuma in the city of Koshu, Yamanashi prefecture, a Buddhist monk spends his days contemplating the grape and praising wine.
Riaan Swiegelaar announced earlier this week that he was leaving the church he helped found two years ago.
A 65-year-old Indiana church pastor really dug his own grave after admitting to an affair during a service.
This local pastor is going to trial for allegedly faking the death of his estranged wife and is also under investigation for the identity theft of a rival church leader who passed away.
The Smiths were at one stage running a mysterious private pre-K to the sixth-grade school called New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas, California.
Murder-accused Daniel Smit’s lawyer claims that he suffered an occult “relapse” on February 2. The South African Satanic Church is not impressed.
An 80-year-old nun admitted to wire fraud and money laundering, which she committed in order to fund her gambling problem.
“The Bloemfontein ghost” didn’t leave church leader Jaco Cloete, who was arrested in Cape Town after allegedly conning people out of millions via pyramid schemes.