Category: Christianity
Christian GP ‘told patient to put faith in Jesus or suffer eternally’
A Christian GP told a vulnerable patient he would ”eternally suffer” if he did not put his faith in Jesus, medical watchdogs heard yesterday.
‘Witch’s cottage’ unearthed near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Forlorn traces of England’s most notorious pogrom against witches appear to have been unearthed by water engineers engaged in humdrum improvements to a Pennine reservoir.
Abuse Victims Seek Court Case Against Pope
Clergy sex abuse victims upset that no high-ranking Roman Catholic leaders have been prosecuted for sheltering guilty priests have turned to the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against humanity.
Anger as crisis-stricken Spain shells out for Pope’s visit
Austerity-hit Spaniards clash with Madrid police in protest at a visit by Pope Benedict XVI that will reportedly cost their crisis-hit country €100 million.
Belgian abuse victims sue Holy See
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.
Diary of Witchfinder General trials goes online
A 350-year-old notebook which describes the execution of innocent women for consorting with the Devil, has been published online by The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library
Britain’s most traditional church ‘at war’ over hymns
One of Britain’s most traditionalist churches is threatening to tear itself apart over the introduction of hymns during services for the first time in a century.
Rare King James Bible found in Wiltshire village church
A rare original King James Bible has been discovered on a shelf in a Wiltshire church.
Giant Jesus statue rises above Polish countryside
A statue of Jesus Christ that its builders say will be the largest in the world is fast rising from a Polish cabbage field and local officials hope it will become a beacon for tourists.
Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app
The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession.
New Alabama governor: Just Christians are his family.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told a church crowd just moments into his new administration that those who have not accepted Jesus as their savior are not his brothers and sisters, shocking some critics who questioned Tuesday whether he can be fair to non-Christians.
Vatican warned Irish bishops not to report abuse
A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland’s Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police — a disclosure that victims’ groups described as “the smoking gun” needed to show that the church enforced a worldwide culture of covering up crimes by pedophile priests.
Christmas Communion at a NY Church May Have Infected Hundreds with Hepatitis A
Catholics who receive communion at Sunday mass believe the sacred wafer they swallow contains the body of Christ. New York health officials have warned the parishioners of a Long Island church that the wafers they received on Christmas Day may have also contained hepatitis A.
