Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘Religion’

A photograph appearing to show an Israeli soldier placing a cigarette into the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon has triggered widespread backlash online. · The image reportedly emerged on Wednesday and was allegedly taken in the predominantly Christian village of Dibil near the Israeli border. By RT · According to reports, the photograph was uploaded to social media by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) personnel. · In a…

Being Overly, Obsessively Convinced Of A Position Can Suggest Demonic Presence · Celia Farber · Pray, fast, and stay open minded. · In my experience, not only politicians but ideological movements can easily become possessed. · Catholic exorcists are the only ones who can tell us about these things, with clarity, and through true stories.

Many aspects of the US-Israeli aggression look like attempts to fulfil biblical prophecies By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’) https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/matthieu-buge/ · ©  Jon Hicks / Getty Images · The current conflict between…

Frank Bergman · Pope Leo XIV has appointed a former Rothschild banking executive to oversee the Vatican’s finances, a move that is already triggering intense scrutiny and concern over the direction of the Catholic Church’s financial leadership. · The appointment comes just days after French authorities reportedly raided offices tied to the Rothschild banking network. · The raid was part of an investigation linked to child sex trafficker…

The US-Israeli war on Iran has its roots in a cultural crossover that features contradictory claims of religious zeal · ©  RT · The US-Israeli war on Iran has been justified by its protagonists in Washington and West Jerusalem as a progressive attack on religious fundamentalism that they claim is practiced in Tehran. · However, the conflict is being prosecuted by the two allies with a religious zeal that betrays the…

What was the godless imperial power in John's Revelation of the end of the world? · John Leake · John of Patmos, the author of the Book of Revelation, was a Jewish Christian who was probably from Galilee. Long identified as John the Apostle, modern scholars now believe he was a different man. Aramaic was his native language. but like John the Apostle, he wrote his contribution to the New Testament in Greek. · The Gospel of John is…

The stroke the Soviet leader suffered in 1953 coincided with a Purim ceremony at a New York synagogue, Moshe Reuven Azman has claimed · Ukraine’s chief rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman. ©  Oleksii Chumachenko / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images · Jews caused the death of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1953 by chanting special prayers during Purim celebrations at a New York synagogue, Ukraine’s chief rabbi, Moshe Reuven…

David Lindfield · A massive fire tore through the historic Kings Hall Methodist Church in Southall, West London, reducing the more than 100-year-old building to rubble. · Ten fire engines and dozens of firefighters responded to the scene around 9:30 p.m., battling the blaze for hours. · Footage showed flames shooting through stained-glass windows and thick smoke pouring into the night sky as onlookers gathered nearby. · The church,…