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The world’s largest religious festival was in full swing for the most auspicious day of the 48 day Kumbh Mela festival in India. The new moon day, the Mauni Amavasya, saw nearly 55 million Hindu devotees taking ritual baths at the confluence of three rivers in northern India. The gigantic crowds were only a portion…

Super Bowl ads are supposed to be funny and clever, but some come under scrutiny when they push the limit. Zaxby’s ad this year took a jab at Chick-fil-A for not being open on Sunday’s, and it got a major recation. Most of it not in the positive way Zaxby’s had intended. The Zaxby’s commercial…

Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware is facing backlash for praying with President Donald Trump earlier this month at the National Prayer Breakfast. Despite the criticism, he stands behind these prayers In a series of tweets, the senator said that he prays for the president regularly. While praying at the breakfast, he prayed to God to…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently spoke with a group of Christian university presidents in Washington and referenced her favorite Bible verse. The only issue is the quote she referenced can’t be found anywhere in Scripture. On the topic of immigration, Pelosi said, “To minister to the needs of God’s creation is an act of worship.…

Florida beaches are known for some strange objects found along its shoreline, but this one is truly remarkable. A painted 20-foot, barnacle-covered wooden cross was found at the water’s edge of a beach along Galt Ocean Mile in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A group of people dragged the cross onto the beach behind the Ocean Manor…

According to Sarah Sanders, God called President Donald Trump to the presidency. Trump was God’s chosen candidate, and so he unexpectedly won the 2016 presidential election. “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become president, and that’s why he’s…

Bishop Harry Jackson is pushing back against those who claim it’s ‘un-Christian’ or ‘immoral’ to support President Donald Trump’s border wall. Jackson serves as the senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland. He spoke with The Daily Caller, and he believes some powerful democrats are only pushing back on the wall in an…

Lady Gaga is not afraid to speak her mind when it comes to politics. The singer interrupted her ongoing Las Vegas residency set on Saturday to bash Vice President and his wife Karen. “To Mike Pence, who thinks it’s acceptable that his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ, you’re wrong. You say we…

Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen is under fire after accepting a part-time teaching position at a private Virginia school. Immanuel Christian School, a private K-8 school, requires employees to agree to certain religious beliefs and standards including living a “personal life of moral purity” and also believing that marriage can only be between a…

A constant stream of bad news has brought American’s trust in clergy members to its knees, and not because Americans are flocking to religion. Mismanagement of funds, sexual abuse, fraud, affairs and other scandals have brought Americans’ perception of the clergy’s trustworthiness to a record low. According to a recent Gallup survey, only 37 percent of…
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