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Religion
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Faux Father Tries To Enter Secret Pope Talks At Vatican
05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A German by the name of Ralph Napierski attempted to walk into secret talks to discuss the succession of resigned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at the Vatican. Napierski was wearing a makeshift bishop’s cloak, had his own entourage of fake clerics, and to make the whole thing seem authentic, posed for photos with real bishops […]
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Pope Benedict XVI’s Final Address [VIDEO]
28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pope Benedict XVI made his final general audience appearance yesterday morning. Tens of thousands of followers gathered in St Peter’s Square, where the pope has provided lessons on the Catholic faith every week for eight years. He thanked his cardinals for respecting and supporting his decision to resign. Benedict said: To love the church means […]
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Tata Ma Chance, Tata Ma Cardinal
27 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turksan is the front runner to replace Pope Benedict from the the bookmaker’s point of view. If elected, Turkson would lead 1, 2 billion members of the Roman-Catholic church, this would be the first time in a millennium that the Catholic church would be under the headship of a non-European. Paddy Power […]
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5 Possible Reasons For The Pope’s Resignation
13 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he’s resigning for the “good of church”, which of course makes our ears prick up immediately. Sure, he could be resigning for health reasons, but many previous Popes have shuffled off their mortal coil while in Papal power. So, apart from failing health, what could have sparked the Holy […]
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His Holiness In A Hurricane – The Top 20 Pics Of Pope Benedict In The Wind
12 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In tribute to his time in the Papacy we present: The Pontiff in a gale. His Holiness in a hurricane. The Holy Father in a howl. Our @pontifex in a squall.
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Record Number Of Humans Gather In India – 30 Million Bathers Enjoy Festival [VIDEO]
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
30 million pilgrims gathered to bathe at the Ganges and Yamuna rivers at sunset yesterday to celebrate Kumbh Mela, the holiest day of India. The Hindu festival is held every 12 years and this year’s installment expects to receive 100 million bathers over the course of the 55 day festival. The Hindu religion believes that bathing […]
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Vatican Announces Pope’s Resignation – Twitter Goes Into Joke Overdrive
11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI will resign on 28 February, an italian news agency has announced. Twitter, in the mean time, has gone into a feeding frenzy.
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Schools May Not Prohibit Religious Headwear
25 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Earlier this week, the media was abundant with reports about an incident that occurred at Eben Donges High School in Kraaifontien when teachers at the school asked two siblings to remove their headscarf and fez a week ago. They have since been allowed to wear their religious attire. The Western Cape Education Department said on […]
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10 Million Hindus Bathe In Ganges River During World’s Biggest Religious Festival [GALLERY]
15 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
About 10 million Hindus followed holy men into the cold waters of the Ganges yesterday as part of the world’s biggest religious event. About 50 000 policemen have also been deployed to keep order.
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Scientology’s Alien Space Cathedral
03 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Well, we should have seen this coming. Those weird folk, otherwise known as the controversial Church of Scientology, are at it again. Technically, they’ve been at it for a while, but us mere mortals only learn things about them through time.
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Would Jesus Have Been Your Facebook Friend?
27 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German Catholic Church he would have been. The Son of God would have retweeted, liked and pinned his love for you apparently. The Archbishop said nothing about whether Jesus Christ would have used Google plus or not.
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Pope Finds The Mercy In His Heart To Pardon Thieving Ex-Butler
24 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Isn’t he in a jolly mood, that saucy old cad. The Associated Press report that the Pope has granted his former butler a Christmas pardon, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. Fifteen minutes after the meeting, […]
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That’s Me In The Corner: Study Finds One In Six People Globally Follow No Religion
19 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A global study of religious adherence has found that about one out of every six people worldwide has no religious affiliation. To put it into perspective, that is about equal to the amount of Catholics in the world!
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The Pope Tweets For First Time From Personal Account – What Did He Say?
13 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time yesterday from a personal Twitter account. This follows last week’s announcement by the Vatican that Benedict would begin posting messages on Twitter in eight languages under the handle @pontifex – a Latin term for pope that means “bridge builder.”
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Dutchman Launches His Own Scale Replica Of Noah’s Ark After 20 Years Of Building [GALLERY]
12 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Johan Huibers took 20 years to build this scale replica of the biblical ship, after having nightmares of his homeland flooding. Now what does he plan to do with it?
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Never Before Seen (Weird) Anti-Scientology Rap Feat. Tom Cruise’s Ex [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We have no words. Scientology either screws people up for life, or just attracts weirdos from the start. Nothing else can explain this strange rap featuring top members of the cult including a prominent spokesperson, and Cruise’s church-approved ex-squeeze.
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Dalai Lama Debacle: South African Government Acted Unlawfully, Court Rules
29 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Supreme Court of Appeal has just stated that the South African government acted unlawfully when it delayed a decision on a visa application by the Dalai Lama. Do you remember the saga about the fact that the Dalai Lama couldn’t come to South Africa to celebrate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday in October […]
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Russell Brand Interviews Members Of Westboro Baptist Church [VIDEO]
22 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
The members of the Westboro Baptist Church are some of the worst people you’ll ever encounter. Considered one of the most homophobic and anti-Semitic hate groups in the world, they are known for picketing at the funerals of soldiers – holding up posters with vitriolic phrases such as “God hates fags” and “Thank God for dead soldiers”.
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New Coptic Pope Picked By Blindfolded Boy As Part Of Lottery Selection System [PICS]
05 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Egypt’s Coptic Christians elected a new Pope yesterday for the first time since 1971. Bishop Tawadros was named the 118th Pope in an altar lottery when a blindfolded boy picked one of three names out of a glass chalice at the altar.
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Breathtaking Photos Of Millions Of Muslims Descending On Mecca’s Grand Mosque For Annual Pilgrimage [PICS]
23 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tomorrow marks the start of Islam’s annual Hajj (which means pilgrimage), a trek to the Grand Mosque in Mecca made by millions each year. These breathtaking photos offer a glimpse of the masses already at, or en route to, the mosque.
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Muslim Rioters Torch Buddhist Temples In Bangladesh [GALLERY]
01 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
25 000 Muslim rioters left a trail of destruction in southeastern Bangladesh as they torched Buddhist temples and homes over the weekend near the town of Ramu. The group chanted “God is Great” while setting fire to the centuries-old temples.
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Tom Cruise Suffering Crisis Of Faith
27 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Poor Tom Cruise. It seems he might be facing a crisis of faith because Scientology leaders are trying to force him to choose between his religion and his daughter.
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Footage Surfaces Of The Violent Embassy Attack In Yemen [GALLERY & VIDEO]
14 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
This week we’ve reported about various violent protests on US embassies across the Middle East over a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The latest incident saw an attack against the U.S. embassy compound in Sanaa, Yemen. Check out footage inside.
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The Terrible Movie That Sparked US Embassy Attacks [VIDEO]
12 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A crap film is the cause of two attacks on American embassies in Libya and Eygpt. Followers of an ultra-traditionalist approach to Islam are very pissed about a video called the “The Innocence of Muslims” that not only portrays the prophet Mohammed, but ridicules him as a homosexual, an advocate of paedophilia, and shows him having sex.
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Prominent US Priest Claims Teens Are The Seducers In Abuse Cases
30 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Catholic Church has earned itself a rather nasty reputation in the department of child abuse, and has been struggling to shake it ever since. Not helping this effort is a statement made by a highly prominent member of the United States clergy, Father Benedict Groeschel, host of the Christian TV Show, Sunday Night Prime.
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Tony Blair Brushes Off SA Muslim Citizen Arrest Threats, Says They Must Focus On Those Doing The Killing
30 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Tony Blair has challenged South African Muslims protesting against his visit to SA to rather protest against the Muslims he says are doing most of the killing in Iraq and elsewhere.
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Muslim Groups Stoked With Tutu
29 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Muslim groups have this week called for the arrest of visiting ex British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion. Yesterday, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dramatically pulled out of the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit because of fellow speaker Blair, and Muslims were stoked.
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Public Safety MEC Blames Crime On Satan
02 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Forget the Hawks, we need an exorcist to fight crime in South Africa, although in my opinion, I think the Ghostbusters would do an admirable job. North West human settlements and public safety MEC Nono Maloyi said on Saturday that “Satan has declared war on the people of South Africa.”
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“Satanic Verses” Author’s Fatwā Turned Into Video Game
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For the past 23 years, there has been a fatwā (Islamic death sentence) hanging over Salman Rushdie. The famous author of the “Satanic Verses”, is now also the subject of a new computer game aimed at teaching kids about his “sin”. It is called “The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict.”
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Religion Fail: Court In Germany Bans Circumcision Of Young Boys
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
In the first ruling of its kind in Germany, a local court ruled yesterday that circumcision performed for religious reasons on young boys be banned as it could cause long-lasting, irreparable damage. It went on to say that the act should be made illegal due to the serious bodily harm that it could cause.
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