A man violently entered the historic La Ermita church in Cali, Colombia, on May 6 and destroyed numerous statues of saints and Christ while shouting “I am the devil” and “I am 666.” Videos shared online showed extensive damage inside the church.
"Eu sou o Demónio": Em 6 de maio, um homem entrou na igreja La Ermita em Cali, Colômbia, e vandalizou várias estátuas religiosas e imagens sagradas. Testemunhas disseram que ele gritou "Eu sou o diabo" e "Eu sou 666" enquanto destruía obras de arte dentro da igreja. A polícia prendeu o suspeito no local.
"Jestem diabłem": 6 maja mężczyzna wszedł do kościoła La Ermita w Cali w Kolumbii i zdewastował liczne posągi religijne i święte obrazy. Świadkowie mówili, że krzyczał "Jestem diabłem" i "Jestem 666", niszcząc dzieła sztuki wewnątrz kościoła. Policja aresztowała podejrzanego na miejscu zdarzenia.
The Council of Melkite Greek Catholic Bishops in Lebanon has voiced deep concern over Israeli military demolitions of civilian homes and religious buildings in areas of southern Lebanon under Israeli control. In a statement reported by the Associated Press on Monday, the bishops urged the Lebanese government and the United Nations to intervene and protect the property of civilians and religious institutions. They described the destruction — carried out after residents obeyed Israeli evacuation orders — as “a deep wound in the national and human conscience.”
(RNS) — The Vatican released a report on Tuesday (May 5) that included the testimony of two married gay Catholics and acknowledged the church’s role in “the solitude, anguish, and stigma that accompany persons with same-sex attractions and their families.” The report also reflects on the negative impacts of conversion therapy, or “the devastating effects of reparative therapies aimed at recovering heterosexuality.” “ It’s a big deal because they included testimonies and published testimonies from two LGBTQ people, both of them married, which is also unusual for the Vatican to do,” said the Rev. James Martin, a founder of Outreach, an LGBTQ Catholic ministry. “As far as I know, it’s the first time that in any official publication of the Vatican, they’ve included witnesses and testimonies and stories from LGBTQ Catholics in any kind of detailed way.” The report comes from a group of theologians, including bishops, priests, a sister and a layperson, convened by the Vatican to study …
05/07/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. China, a fundamentally communist state with capitalist economic policies, fits neither the definition of communism nor that of capitalism. This country has created its own political-economic system, which I would simply call the Chinese system. The totalitarian obsession with control, inherited from the past and significantly enhanced by technological progress, is a remnant of Mao Zedong’s policies and a consequence of the events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. This is what the clearance sale of last year’s smartphone models looks like in China. I greatly appreciate the Middle Kingdom’s balanced foreign policy. They do not impose their ideology on anyone, as the ill-fated USSR did. In contrast to the West’s “gun-slinging” policy—where might makes right—China pursues a peaceful policy of economic growth rather than the aggressive subjugation of militarily weaker countries. And in this contest, they are clearly the favorite. On April 23, …
The body of the missing monk of the sedevacantist Transalpine Redemptorists appears to have been found. According to Police Scotland, an as yet unidentified body was recovered from the sea near the island of Stronsay on Wednesday morning. The family of the missing monk has been informed. The cause of death has not yet been established. The missing monk was the New Zealander Justin Evans, 24. He took the religious name Brother Ignatius Maria. He disappeared in mid-April from the order’s monastery on Papa Stronsay in Orkney. Police searches involving helicopters and boats had continued for weeks. The Diocese of Aberdeen declined further comment while police investigations remain ongoing. #newsZdqcfjagtk
In Oakland, California, a trans-identified man named Dana Rivers killed a lesbian couple and their 19-year-old son — shooting them to death before stabbing their corpses dozens of times — and then set the house on fire. In 2023 he was sentenced to life without parole, and SENT INTO A WOMEN’S PRISON! He remains there to this day, at the Central California Women’s Facility.
The Archdiocese of Bombay has offered a welcome development by permitting the diocesan celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass on an experimental and private basis. This decision, approved by Archbishop John Rodrigues, comes as a quiet but genuine relief for many faithful
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From DA: "I am a practicing catholic. And I need to say something that's going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. Nigeria, the Sahel, India, Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, hundreds of Christians have been murdered this year alone. Churches burned to the ground, pastors kidnapped and killed. Communities that have practiced their faith for centuries are being wiped out. Pope Leo XIV has said almost nothing. NO named condemnations, NO emergency visits, NO breaking of protocol, just quiet platitudes about dialogue and peace - directed at nobody in particular. BUT the week Trump escalated the Iran war? Leo flew across continents, gave media interviews, posted viral messages and had three Cardinals appear on 60 minutes in what felt like a coordinated response. Bishop Strickland was removed for defending the Church doctrine. Bishop Fernández in Puerto Rico was removed for defending religious exemptions that the cathechism itself supports. During Covid, goverments padlocked churches across …More
For Karl Marx's birthday, here's G.A. Cohen, the funniest Marxist philosopher — and quite possibly the funniest philosopher — of all time doing his impression of a British philosopher. This is one of his lesser-known, but is also one of his funniest, bits.