Hazel Torres
In this Alabama church, worshippers take pot and mushrooms instead of bread and wine for their communion
A church in Alabama offers an extraordinary way for people to achieve spiritual enlightenment to draw themselves closer to God. While Christian churches commonly use bread and wine during communion, the Oklevueha Native American Church of Inner Light gives its members hallucinogenic drugs consisting of marijuana, mushrooms and peyote, according to al.com.
Pope Francis meets famous 'saint' with 4 legs â a Saint Bernard from a breed credited with saving people's lives
After admonishing animal lovers for treating their pets better than people during last week's general audience, Pope Francis came face to face with a special group of such animal loversâtogether with their special dog named Magnumâduring Wednesday's audience.
Are Jill and Jessa Duggar planning dual pregnancies to keep their show on air?
Are Jill and Jessa Duggar planning their pregnancies at the same time to boost the ratings of their TLC show "Jill & Jessa: Counting On" to prevent its cancellation
Khloe Kardashian plunges into spiritual realm, says she now totally relies on God
Reality star Khloe Kardashian has shown a facet of her life she once kept for herselfâher spirituality springing from her Christian faith.
Pastor and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao promises 15-M Filipinos who voted for him as senator: 'I won't let you down'
His election victory assured, Christian born-again boxer and pastor Manny Pacquiao made a sacred vow to the Filipino people on Tuesday that he "won't let them down" when he begins assuming his duty as one of the 12 newly elected senators of the Philippines.
Obama administration threatens hospitals: Do abortions and 'sex changes' or else lose federal funding
The Obama administration actually dropped not one but two bombshells on Friday when he threatened the nation's public schools with the loss of billions of dollars of federal funding unless they comply with its vision of gender ideology, LifeSiteNews reports.
Top Vatican cardinal blasts gender theory, same-sex marriage, transgender bathroom policies, calling them 'demonic attacks'
Cardinal Robert Sarah, whose name often comes up on the short list of papal candidates, denounced gender ideology, same-sex "marriage," and transgender bathroom policies at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, describing them all as "demonic attacks on humanity."
More U.S. state leaders raise their voices against Obama's transgender restroom decree: No surrender to 'federal bayonet'
The top officials in more than 12 states in America have made known their defiance of President Barack Obama's pro-LGBT "guidance" on the use of restrooms and other facilities in all U.S. public schools.
ISIS news: Caliphate shrinking, could be defeated in just 90 days with 'right mix of troops and air power' â U.S. officials
The Islamic State (ISIS) is losing territory and power and that the United States would need just three months to completely defeat its forces in Iraq and Syria with "the right mix of troops and air power."
The taking of human lives â legally and with doctors' consent â has been made much easier in this European country
The justification for legally and medically taking a person's life has been lowered to yet another alarming level in The Netherlands.
You can't love your dog more than people truly in need, Pope Francis tells audience as he explains concept of piety
How is it that some people seem to love animals more than they do people who are in need?
50 more Christians, including women and children, slaughtered by Islamist terrorists in the Congo
More Christians are being targeted and slaughtered by an Islamic terror group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a predominantly Christian nation in Africa.
U.S. elections 2016: In Trump vs. Clinton tie-up, over quarter of born-again Christians ready to abstain
An ongoing interactive "polling explorer" by Reuters news agency indicated that as of May 13, 25.9 percent of "born again Christians" will neither vote for Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton, and will vote for a third candidate or abstain from voting instead.
2 Christian leaders disagree on whether God made a special covenant relationship with America
At least two renowned Christian leaders are in disagreement on whether God's covenant includes America or on whether America was founded as a Christian nation.
ISIS news: Islamic State fighter tells captors: 'Kill me now, I have to be in heaven by 4 p.m.'
One captured Islamic State (ISIS) fighter appeared to show how the mind of an Islamic extremist works when he told his captors to kill him immediately since he had to be in "heaven by 4 p.m. for a religious ceremony."
Man with facial tumour the size of 2 heads says he longed for death before Christian charity gave free life-changing treatment
In a life defined by hopelessness and misery, one man eventually found salvation that can only happen with God's blessings and mercy.