The Satanic Temple of Iowa intended to host a “family-friendly” “Satanic Holiday Joy” at the Iowa State Capitol this past Saturday, where they told attendees to expect, along with handing out coloring pages and an ornament decorating station for the kids, “Satanic holiday carols, a large Satanic altar and display,
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,
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
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
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
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
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
Aubrey Matthesius is a motivational speaker, “pastor” and Women’s Ministry Director at Dream City Church, a multisite megachurch in Arizona. As part of their “Christmas at the Movies” sermon series, where they exegete Christmas movies and look for theological nuggets in them in lieu of a proper sermon, Matthesius gave a
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]
Efforts to completely sever the Church of Anglican from the British government continue to bend to that inevitable end after a new YouGov poll found that only 22% of Britons support ending the presence and power of the House of Lords in the legislative process. Because Anglicanism is the official
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