Senior Pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church is Dallas, Texas has issued an unusual request for his congregation: To have sex with their spouses for seven days (presumably) straight. His reasoning? He would like to take back the secular...

“The “American Humanist Association” has put $40,000 into a holiday bus campaign promoting atheism in Washington, DC. The advertisement reads: “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake.” The line is from a much longer original...

Turns out that not only are we huge, angry racists, Latino voters are also racists… but for religion! Whatever that is called! We are it. On the whole, Catholic Hispanics show a greater support for Barack Obama, whereas Protestant...

A sculpture of the Virgin Mary covered in rat poison labels will be on display as part of artist Jason Clay Lewis’ “Drop Dead Gorgeous” exhibit at 31GRAND gallery in Manhattan. Lewis’ work often uses religious images and themes...

NYU’s Latino Studies Department is joining with The Center for The Study of Gender and Sexuality to present a conference on Latinos, sexuality and religion. And, yes, that is a picture of Hugo Chavez and Che making out. You’re...

While other reggaeton artists are content to get their politic on, some choose to garner publicity find fulfillment through religion. Such is the case for Hector “El Father” Delgado, who announced he will dedicate his life, and his music,...

People can find signs of God anywhere, and on a daily basis. They find Him during times of need, like in the midst of a natural disaster or illness, or in times of great joy, like giving birth or...

Eva Mendes, who was raised Catholic by her Cuban parents, once thought about being a nun until she discovered they don’t get to do blow off the banquets of various clubs in L.A: “I guess there is this little...

Our lovely commenter Stephanie, who only practices good magic like wriggling her nose to conjure up a dish of coconut flan, informed us that the name of Camila Alves’ (Matthew McConaughey’s girlfriend and bongo playing partner) line of bags...

Some of us find religion after surviving a near-fatal accident. Some of us “find Jesus” after combatting disease, giving birth or overcoming addiction. And still others among us happen to find our Lord and Savior on a crispy, crunchy...

Webster Cook, a college student from Orange County… wait for it… Florida (sigh) has been receiving death threats from Catholics after stealing the Eucharist from a church. For those who don’t know, the Eucharist is a consecrated communion wafer...

When they’re not making it illegal to breathe air an immigrant might have farted in or using family members as bait to get one another deported, Oklahoma is erecting shrines to Saint Toribio, patron of immigrants: The idea came...

The whole “Amy Winehouse is taking a shit on Baby Jesus” thing left a bad, slightly vegetable-like, slightly sour taste in our mouths. We prefer religion done right. Like when it’s recited by babies who have little to no...

Amy Winehouse, who is Jewish, has taken to wearing a rosary as a necklace while visiting her Roman Catholic husband, Blake, in jail in between getting high and headbutting strangers in the street: The troubled singer, 24, has started...

Carly Smithson, a recently-booted contestant on “American Idol,” might have been voted off not for lack of vocal talent, but specifically for her song choice. No, it wasn’t “Smell Yo Dick.” The offending song? “Jesus Christ Superstar:” Within hours...

Our favorite former presidential hopeful (after Bill Richardson, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson and Tommy Thompson), Tom Tancredo has come out saying he thinks the Papa is full of caca...

Some Christian organization, “Our Eyes Are Open” Ministries, is apparently in a tizzy over talk show host and new Messiah Oprah Winfrey’s blasphemous heathen ways. You know, we had noticed that Oprah seems to love New Age crap. But...

In light of recent hissy fits organized by emo Mexicans, Bishop of Chiapas, Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, has recommended that they settle down, wipe off all that eyeliner, tuck their shirts in and follow the example of Jesus. Which is...

Turns out Barack Obama isn’t the only one with a pastor he can’t disown. The Catholic Church is upset that Senator John McCain has accepted the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee, who has been quite outspoken about his anti-Catholic...

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Washington DC is being hotly anticipated by the area’s large Roman Catholic Latino population. Bitches think the Pope is dope, but they’re feeling isolated and persecuted within their own community: It is a vibrant...

This commercial for Coke Light (which tastes just like Diet Coke, if it were made of dreams and unicorn tears) is making us think that perhaps a little trip to the confessional is in order. Because it beats the...

There’s been far too much religious reverence around here this week, so we thought we’d share this little diddy with you just to balance things out. You’re going straight to hell on the Guanabee express if you laugh at...

Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Bakersfield, California has cancelled a scheduled talk by pro-abortion activist Dolores Huerta once they figured out that her opinions are kind of not totally in line with Catholic doctrine. The speech she intended...

The Jesuit order of Catholic priests have named a new leader, Spaniard Fr. Adolfo Nicolas. His name calls to mind a Chrismalocaust: Father Nicolas was ordained in Tokyo in 1967 and spent most of his career in the Far...

Certainly not attempting in any way to cater to South Florida’s huge, predominantly Republican, overwhelmingly religious Hispanic voting community, Rudy Giuliani gave a faith-based speech in a Miami-area Church: “We are all children of God, and it is God’s...

Santero priests in Cuba offered their predictions for 2008, staying clear of any mention of Castro or politics and focusing instead of boring-ass shit like the economy and the environment: Santeria priests, known as babalawos, steered clear of politics...

A group of policemen wearing plain clothes kicked their way into a Cuban church to beat the shit out of a group of political dissidents that were getting ready to participate in mass. Ay Dios Mío! Jose Conrado Rodriguez,...

Put away your Kabbalah string and shove your Tibetan prayer beads aside, ‘cause there’s a new religious trend in town! And by town we mean “New Jersey” and by trend we mean “our family has been into this stuff...

Ceferino Namuncura, a Mapuche Indian, was beatified in a ceremony attended by tens of thousands in Southern Argentina, an event many see as his initial step toward becoming the first-ever indigenous Argentine saint. He is credited with curing a...

Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic vine used by the Incas and the Amazon Indians for ages, is drawing hordes of tourists seeking its “magical” properties to Peru. The vine is also being touted by some doctors for its psychiatric therapeutic benefits....

The Chapel of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio has unveiled a new guacamole-friendly statue of Jesus Christ for their altar as part of their $5 million renovation project. The “Hispanic-looking,” 10-foot tall, beaner-Jesus statue was created to more...

Strong reader response to the image that ran with today’s “Watchando” has led us to throw you a bone and share how we came up with it. Benedict Says… is a comic generator that lets you put (dirty) words...

Reflecting the obscene growth of such congregations in Fresno from 7 to 16 over the past however many years, a record-breaking crowd in excess of 10,000 Latinos attended this year’s “Follow the Christ!” Jehovah’s Witness Convention held in Spanish...

Piety and plastic collide, as a new IRS regulation demanding proof of church donations under $250 has houses of worship considering the addition of special ATMs to their grounds. (Nothing gets people to embrace out-of-place technology like the opportunity...

Under the radar, on top of your world: people you should know about. Remember that Peruvian preacher boy who stole all your karaoke moves to spread the word of God, televangelist style? Turns out he has a name, and...

In light of yesterday’s news that 508 sexually abused Catholics will receive $660 million from the Los Angeles Archdiocese, we submit this absurd yet classic clip of a young boy who was touched by God without being touched by...

The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People (a council responsible for making Catholics who move around the world stay Catholic) has released a 36-page document outlining the “10 Commandments” of safe driving. Some highlights include: • “Thou...

The latest study from D.C.-based think tank Pew Hispanic Center unleashes the following conclusion on an unsuspecting America: Latino Catholics favor a “distinctively ethnic” experience at Mass, which apparently means attending it with other Hispanics and carrying on in...

Sweet t-shirt, right? The L.A. Times recently re-told the story of undocumented cleaning lady Elvira Arellano who these days leads an emerging crusade to revive the ancient right of sanctuary, a decree forbidding law enforcement from pursuing a suspect...

The New York Times reports that Hispanic immigrants assimilate in this country not only by watching American Idol and eating Combos, but also by going to less church. It's not that they don't believe in God, it's that they...

Poor Miss Mexico, Rosa Maria Ojeda, only wanted to wear a dress adorned with sketches of religious persecution to the Miss Universe pageant and now everyone’s getting all bent out of shape about it. What’s this world coming to...

A study says that Hispanic Catholics are more likely to perform charismatic rituals, like speaking in tongues, than their non-Hispanic counterparts. Such practices more commonly found in Pentecostal churches also include prophesying and other snake handling/voodoo type stuff that...