3 posts tagged “religion”

Teens eaten by satanists [by LYNSEY HAYWOOD] A VILE gang of devil worshippers has killed and eaten four Russian teenagers in a sickening ritual. The Satanists stabbed each of their victims a terrifying 666 times before dismembering their bodies and cooking them on a bonfire. [more]

Palin V.P. Nomination Puts Pentecostalism in the Spotlight [in Pew Forum] From the time she was a teenager until 2002, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin attended a church affiliated with the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal Christian denomination in the U.S. Pentecostalism emphasizes such practices as speaking in tongues, prophesying, divine healing and other miraculous signs of the Holy Spirit, which it believes are as valid today as they were in the early Christian church.[more]

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life:

"Pope Benedict's Image Improves Following U.S. Visit.

Following his first visit to the United States as spiritual leader of the world's Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI is viewed more favorably than he was a few weeks before his trip. Currently, 61% of Americans say they have a favorable impression of the pope, up from 52% in late March." [...]

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