6 posts tagged ‘religion’
Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Feather’ Video Got a Priest in Big Trouble
Vulture,
The pastor who approved it was relieved of his administrative duties.
Brazilian Fans Want to Make Jesus a Swiftie
Well, a Jesus statue, at least.
Virgin Mary statue crying magical tears in Mexico (video)
Boing Boing,
Crowds of believers are filling a church in Colima, Mexico to see a statue of the Virgin Mary crying real tears. Watch it happen below! "Similarly, when we cry, and our eyes become red, the same happens to the image," said town resident Victor Ramos. — Read the rest
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the separation of church and state is a "misnomer"
US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says that the separation of church and state is a "misnomer." Thomas Jefferson famously used the phrase in an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists Association of Connecticut in which he explained the First Amendment to the US Constitution builds "a wall of separation between Church & State." — Read the rest
Pope Francis fires right-wing Texas bishop
Anti-vaccine Texas bishop Joseph Strickland, who agrees that "you cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat" and wanted to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, was fired after a Vatican investigation and will be replaced at the Diocese of Tyler. — Read the rest
The Vatican declares trans Catholics can be baptized
As part of Pope Francis' continued efforts to bring the Catholic Church into the 21st century, the Vatican recently published a statement declaring that transgender members of the church can now be baptized (which includes children and adolescents), become godparents, and serve as witnesses to Catholic weddings in response to an inquiry by a Brazilian bishop. — Read the rest