Archive for the 'Religion' Category
Italy: Catholic Church to Pay Property Tax from Next Year
November 20th, 2012Via: National Secular Society: Italy’s Catholic Church will be forced to pay taxes starting in 2013 after the EU pressured the country’s government to pass a controversial law stripping the Church of its historic property tax exemption. The Catholic Church in Italy is excluded from paying taxes on its land if at least a part […]
Moscow Police Discover Brothel on Monastery Premises
October 30th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Moscow police have discovered a brothel on the premises of a monastery whose abbot is thought to be President Vladimir Putin’s spiritual adviser. Two women were arrested on suspicion of prostitution after seven rooms were found in a building close to Sretensky Monastery where sexual services were offered from 1,750 roubles (£35) per […]
Jimmy Savile… Doorman to the Cesspit
October 28th, 2012This is a long and stomach turning piece by David Icke. Via: 21st Century Wire: British police have said they are currently following 320 lines of inquiry into Savile’s abuse over decades all over the country, but if they are genuine and tenacious in their investigations and really want to know the truth they can […]
Mystery Surrounds Graves at Boys’ Reform School
October 15th, 2012Via: CNN: This Florida panhandle town is the home of a mystery that has been lost to time. A small cemetery buried deep into the grounds of a now-defunct boys reform school dates back to the early 1900s. Rusting white steel crosses mark the graves of 31 unidentified former students. Former students said the deaths […]
France to Close Embassies in Fear of Cartoon Backlash
September 19th, 2012Via: France24: The French foreign ministry announced Wednesday that France will close 20 of its embassies in Muslim countries this Friday following the publication of controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons by satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Major protests in the Muslim world generally take place after Friday prayers. The illustrations, which show the Prophet Mohammed naked and […]
‘Muslims’ Movie Producer Was Arrested for PCP, Snitched for Feds
September 15th, 2012Via: Wired: Before he was involved in the making of a noxious video that provided an excuse for anti-American riots in the Middle East, and before he was convicted of federal bank fraud, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was arrested on charges relating to the making of angel dust. Court records reviewed by Danger Room show that […]
Italian Investigators Looking Into Possible Vatican Money Laundering for Mafia Godfather
July 19th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Anti Mafia prosecutors have asked the secretive Vatican Bank to disclose details of an account held by a priest in connection with a money laundering and fraud investigation, it emerged on Sunday. The official request was made more than a month ago but so far the Vatican Bank, known as the Institute for […]
Louisiana: Creationists Get Public School Vouchers
June 27th, 2012I’m seeing a lot of outrage about this, but I actually don’t think it’s any worse than the sludge that’s pumped into the minds of children who are subjected to regular public school. The nuts are running the nuthouses in both camps, if you ask me. Via: Washington Post: This would be funny if it […]
Germany: Religious Circumcisions Are Crimes
June 26th, 2012Via: The Local: Non-medical circumcision is a “serious and irreversible interference in the integrity of the human body,” the Cologne district court ruled. This criminalises religious circumcisions performed by Jews and Muslims, the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper said on Tuesday. It says circumcision should be considered a crime of bodily harm. Thousands of very young […]
Vatican Bank’s Former President Has, ‘Prepared a Series of Dossiers to be Sent to Named Individuals in the Event of His sudden Death’
June 11th, 2012Via: Guardian: The ousted head of the Vatican bank came under a withering counter-attack at the weekend as his former top official accused him of negligence and leaked documents were published casting doubt on his mental health. The Vatican meanwhile warned Italian prosecutors against using information in papers seized last week from the bank’s ex-president, […]
