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The Mystery Of St. Bernadette's Body Continues To Confound

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: October 13, 2010 · Comments (3)

One of the greatest unexplained mysteries of all time is the body of Sister Bernadette Soubirous, which doesn't seem to decompose after 131 years. The body is on display by the Catholic Church as one of the greatest miracles of all time, and defies any scientific explanation. Although the nun... [Full Story]

Popular TBN Personality In Gay Sex Scandal

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: September 22, 2010 · Comments (3)

Popular TBN Broadcasting personality, Bishop Eddie Long, who has a long running televangelist program on the religious network is in the middle of a big Gay sex scandal. So far, three lawsuits have been filed claiming that Long coerced them into sex at a Summer religious camp that Long operated.... [Full Story]

The Decline Of Dr. D. James Kennedy's Personality Cult TV & Radio Empire

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: August 2, 2010 · Comments (3)

At one time, Dr. James Kennedy amassed a large $37 million a year profit political empire using his Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church to promote his own personal political causes over the airwaves. He once aired his radio and TV messages to 200 nations. These mainly political messages were wrapped in... [Full Story]

Holy Crap!: Priest Steals A Million To Fund Double Life

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: July 7, 2010 · Comments (2)

While many of his parishioners at Sacred Heart Church in Waterbury, CT loved Pastor Fr. Kevin Gray, none of them apparently knew that this priest actually stole $1 million from the church to fund a seven year lavish lifestyle of male escorts, expensive hotels and restaurants. After the priest was... [Full Story]

Stage Tricks Of TV Faith Healers Revealed

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 13, 2010 · Comments (15)

You've seen them on TV before. TV Faith healers such as Benny Hinn and others perform what appear to look like awesome miracles of God before an audience of thousands of faithful in auditoriums. But, like any stage magic show, many of these stunts are simply clever illusions or show... [Full Story]

The Vatican's Outrageous Two-Tier Legal Defense

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: April 5, 2010

Easter Sunday mass was supposed to be a joyous event yesterday, yet the Vatican was in full defense mode with a prominent cardinal standing with the pope and denouncing the legal problems for the church as "petty gossip" once again, while the church has been quietly lining up American lawyers... [Full Story]

Having A Pope That Looks Like Palpatine Doesn't Help

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: March 29, 2010 · Comments (5)

In an especially arrogant and callous remark made during the Palm Sunday homily marking the opening of Holy Week, the pope compared the building sex abuse scandal rocking the church to the "gossip" journalism rags. Instead of acknowledging the serious criminal wrongs of sex abuse, instead the pope proclaimed that... [Full Story]

NIGHTLINE Asks Whether The Pope Should Resign

Posted by Paul Hooson · Published: March 26, 2010 · Comments (11)

NIGHTLINE, ABC's news program that began as a special report on the Iranian hostage crisis is raising an important question worthy of consideration: Should Pope Benedict XVI resign for his role in the cover-up of an abusing priest? As then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he has been directly implicated in preventing an... [Full Story]

Vatican Chooses New Saint

Posted by Tracey Coyle · Published: February 27, 2009 · Comments (2)

In this photo provided by Hawaii State Archive, Father Damien is seen in this portrait taken two months before his death in 1889 at the leprosy settlement in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. The Vatican says a 19th century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii will be declared a saint... [Full Story]

Religion Archives

October 13, 2010

The Mystery Of St. Bernadette's Body Continues To Confound

September 22, 2010

Popular TBN Personality In Gay Sex Scandal

August 2, 2010

The Decline Of Dr. D. James Kennedy's Personality Cult TV & Radio Empire

July 7, 2010

Holy Crap!: Priest Steals A Million To Fund Double Life

April 13, 2010

Stage Tricks Of TV Faith Healers Revealed

April 5, 2010

The Vatican's Outrageous Two-Tier Legal Defense

March 29, 2010

Having A Pope That Looks Like Palpatine Doesn't Help

March 26, 2010

NIGHTLINE Asks Whether The Pope Should Resign

February 27, 2009

Vatican Chooses New Saint

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