Category: News

Methodist Christmas Service Ft. Grinch Lauds The Importance of…Recycling?

First United Methodist Church West Lafayette is a progressive Methodist church that “embraces and celebrates the complexities of our faith, our world, and each other.” Led by Rev. Duane Carlisle, they are a “Reconciling in Christ” church that “welcomes everyone, through all life’s stages, with arms that are open, respectful,

Drag-Affirming Pop Star Gwen Stefani Partners With Catholic Prayer App Hallow

LGBTQ-affirming pop star Gwen Stefani of ‘No Doubt’ fame has announced her partnership with Hallow, the Romam Catholic prayer app, sharing on Instagram: I’m excited to partner with @hallowapp this Advent and Christmas on a beautiful series of prayer and music and to journey together this holiday season 🎄 Hallow

St. Jerome Catholic Church Puts on All-Ages Drag Show with Dollars Bill Tipping

The Parish Church of St. Jerome is “an independent, inclusive, and egalitarian sacramental community rooted in the Old Catholic tradition.” According to their website: St. Jerome Parish is a devoted expression of Christ’s one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church! Our priests say the Mass in a reverent way and teach

Vatican Unveils Nativity Scene Featuring Baby Jesus Swaddled in a Keffiyeh

Weeks after Pope Francis called for an investigation into whether or not Israel was committing genocide in the Middle East, the Vatican has unveiled a new nativity scene featuring Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, a type and pattern of scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol.  While there is

Vatican Hosting First-Ever Jubilee Event For Radical Pro-LGBTQ Group

In a further sign of how Pope Francis keeps slowly pulling his billion-member institution towards the rainbow abyss, for the first time, there will be a special Holy Year calendar event for LGBTQ Catholics at the upcoming 2025 Jubilee – a major Roman Catholic event celebrated every quarter century that

Another Roman Catholic Diocese Settles Sex Abuse Claims, Paying Out $323M

Two months after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles settled with men and women who survived childhood sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests and clergy within their organization, agreeing to a payout of $880M to 1353 victims, or around $650k each, the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New

The Case Against Advent

It’s been nearly 10 years since the Baptist Pravda Press announced that Baptists had “rediscovered” Advent. Apparently, we realized it was “needed in a cultural context in which we are battered on every side to be diverted away from…a focus on Christ” and were now finding it useful in “provid[ing]

Prominent LGBTQ-Affirming Roman Catholic Church Waves Pride Flags During Mass

The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola is a “vibrant Roman Catholic faith community served by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)” located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, the church is overseen by Achbishop Timothy M. Dolan, the cowardly and compromised former president