Archive for the 'Religion' Category
French Woman Sues Opus Dei, Claims Brainwashing
June 29th, 2011[???] Via: AFP: A French woman claiming to have been brainwashed by the secretive Catholic society Opus Dei is suing it for allegedly keeping her illegally as a domestic servant, she told AFP Tuesday. Catherine T., who asked not to be identified by her family name, said she joined a hoteliers’ school in northeastern France […]
Saudi Regime Delays Revolution with Payouts
June 9th, 2011Via: New York Times: As one nation after another has battled uprisings across the Arab world, the one major country spared is also its richest — Saudi Arabia, where a fresh infusion of money has so far bought order. The kingdom is spending $130 billion to pump up salaries, build housing and finance religious organizations, […]
Dozens of Child Sex Victims of Belgian Catholic Church Are Launching Legal Action Against Holy See
June 2nd, 2011Via: AFP: DOZENS of victims of a child-sex scandal in the Belgian Catholic Church are launching legal action against the Holy See, the first such suit in Europe. Lawyers and victims said on Wednesday at a news conference that a summons was on its way to Rome, as well as to Belgian bishops, to appear […]
Priest in Archdiocese of Pope’s Adviser On Pedophilia Scandals Arrested on Pedophilia and Drug Charges
May 27th, 2011Via: Time: The latest sex-abuse case to rock the Catholic Church is unfolding in the archdiocese of an influential Italian Cardinal who has been working with Pope Benedict XVI on reforms to respond to prior scandals of pedophile priests. Father Riccardo Seppia, a 51-year-old parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, near Genoa, was […]
Dutch Priest Belonged to Pedophile Club
May 21st, 2011Via: New Zealand Herald / AP: The head of a Catholic religious order in the Netherlands has confirmed one of his subordinate priests served on the board of an organisation that promotes paedophilia. Herman Spronck, head of the Dutch arm of the Salesian order, said in a statement Friday the priest served on the board […]
Judgment Day Is Fabulous for Business
May 19th, 2011Comedy gold. Via: San Jose Mercury News: Judgment Day is fabulous for business. Just ask Family Radio, the evangelical nonprofit that has plastered billboards and driven vans across the Bay Area and the world proclaiming the end of the world will be Saturday. The Oakland-based nonprofit has raised more than $100 million over the past […]
The God of High Places
May 12th, 2011Via: Declarations of Interdependence: It is time for you to hear this, whether it be dangerous knowledge or not. Understanding the methods and motives of the worship of the God of High Places is very important for the future viability of the human race. I am just a squirrel, eating an acorn in the boughs […]
Blackwater’s New Ethics Chief: John Ashcroft
May 4th, 2011Via: Wired: The consortium in charge of restructuring the world’s most infamous private security firm just added a new chief in charge of keeping the company on the straight and narrow. Yes, John Ashcroft, the former attorney general, is now an “independent director” of Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater. Ashcroft will head Xe’s new […]
French Veil Ban: First Woman Fined for Wearing Niqab
April 12th, 2011Via: Guardian: Police have fined a woman in a shopping centre car park outside Paris for wearing a niqab, or full-face Islamic veil, in the first enforcement of France’s burqa ban. The 28-year-old woman was stopped by police in the car park in Les Mureaux, north-west of Paris, at 5.30pm on Monday, the day the […]
SAUDIS MOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS TO QUELL GROWING REVOLT
March 6th, 2011It’s going to be an interesting Monday in the energy markets. Via: Independent: Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and the regional domino whose fall the West fears most, yesterday announced that it would ban all protests and marches. The move – the stick to match the carrot of benefits worth $37bn (£23bn) recently […]
