Sexual relations between siblings or between parents and their children are forbidden under section 173 of the German criminal code and offenders can face years in prison.
But on Wednesday, the German Ethics Council recommended the section be repealed, arguing that the risk of disability in children is not enough to warrant the law and de-criminalising incest would not remove the huge social taboo around it. MORE
Two separate publications, The New Dawn and All Africa are reporting a very bizarre story of two women, from different communities, dying from the deadly Ebola virus and “resurrecting” before being taken to burial. MORE
“Free exercise of religion dates back to the beginning of our military, all the way back to George Washington brining chaplains in,” claims retired Lt. General Jerry Boykin. “The very people that are now being threatened are the people out there defending the 1st amendment right.” MORE
Pope Francis had ordered the arrest of a former Polish archbishop accused of child sex abuse in the Dominican Republic because the case was “so serious,” the Vatican said Tuesday (Sept. 23).
Jozef Wesolowski, who was defrocked by a Vatican tribunal earlier this year, is under house arrest inside Vatican City due to the “express desire” of Pope Francis, the Vatican said in a statement. MORE
The threat of an Ebola or other pandemic, global economic collapse, severe water shortages, and immigration/border woes simply add to our concern about the future. Fear, sickness, and deprivation evoke chaos, and as we reach that tipping point, it seems only prudent to prepare for civil unrest, riots, looting, crimes against persons, domestic terrorism, and more. MORE
Coffee is good for more than just waking you up in the morning! Take a look at this list and find the perfect recycling tips and tricks so you can enjoy your coffee again – even after you’ve finished enjoying your morning cup of Joe!
You’ll never throw your away your used coffee grounds again after seeing just how many things you can do with them! MORE
Hilarious. Barry Manilow has recorded an album of duets with dead people. They are all dead. Dead, dead, dead. And he’s releasing it a few days before Halloween on October 27th. After all, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett have duets albums. Why not Barry? Of course, Barbra did resurrect Elvis for her album. Now it’s Barry’s turn to be the crypt keeper. MORE
The Vatican said on Tuesday that it had placed under house arrest and opened criminal proceedings against one of its former ambassadors, Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who has been accused of sexually abusing boys he met on the street while serving in the Dominican Republic. MORE
Two London chefs are this week trying to come up with a burger that tastes like human flesh, while Hannibal is busy cooking lung and loin bourguignon over on NBC, but exactly what flavour do we have?
Scientists have come a step closer to creating terrifying Terminator-style robots that can instantly repair themselves.
In what sounds like the precursor to a science fiction film, a Carolina research team has managed to create self-healing liquid metal. MORE
“Tuesday marks one month since a record wave of seismic activity started at and around the volcano of Bardarbunga. At least 20,000 earthquakes struck the area in that period, according to estimates from the Icelandic Met Office. MORE
God help us all!
Having been invited by Rome, Bishop Bernard Fellay will meet with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, during the second half of September 2014. MORE
You have a biblical right to self defense. In a life and death situation, where you have to make a choice to defend yourself, you should know that God says it’s okay. This can prove extremely difficult for Christian believers that respect life so much that they don’t want to take it, even when it means it’s necessary to preserve it. MORE
Pope Francis, in a private meeting with a congregation of Jewish leaders headed by Ronald S. Lauder, said on Sept 17 that WW3 and that a major holocaust of Christians is on the way. Lauder recounted the Pope’s words: MORE
It took weeks for Moscow police to grant the Parnas, Yabloko, and Solidarity opposition parties permission to march, the Los Angeles Times reports, and organizers were not allowed to speak to the crowd. MORE