Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholics must stay away from sects and their teachings, categorically refusing to attend their meetings. The baptized must persevere in the faith and adhere to the truths revealed in Sacred Scripture and the Magisterium of the…[Continue Reading...]
08 September 2024: What are cults? How do we known we're in one? How we get out and what happens when one of our loved ones gets mixed up in one? Psychotherapist Beth St Claire, who works with people who…[Continue Reading...]
Devotees can die for their gurus. Literally and metaphorically. Especially if the guru forms a cult, offering followers life-transforming experiences. The guru, as the god and guide, governs their lives. Paramahamsa Nithyananda set up his first ashram in Tamil Nadu…[Continue Reading...]
Is New Zealand a little bit culty? That question will be asked at the International Cultic Studies Association conference in Barcelona, Spain, next month. That may not be how New Zealand likes to see itself on the world stage. Yet…[Continue Reading...]
A young woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, has taken to TikTok to speak out about her upbringing in a Christian cult. Marissa Martin, 24, was spurred to address her childhood after admitting she was lucky for the lack of 'hate' she…[Continue Reading...]
There were 47 child abuse cases apparently reflecting parents' religious beliefs in Japan between April 2022 and September 2023, a Children and Families Agency survey showed Friday. The suspected abuse cases were found by child consultation centers across the country,…[Continue Reading...]
This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede during a one-day dialogue on ‘Youth, Religion and the Fight against Corruption.’ Another religious organization was found to be harbouring a money launderer, according…[Continue Reading...]
President Emmanuel Macron’s government has proposed legislation to fight “cultish deviation”. This includes the introduction of a new offence of exercising “psychological control” — which comes with a maximum sentence of three years in prison. The Interministerial Mission for the…[Continue Reading...]
The region of France from which a British boy escaped this week is infamous for 'alternative' lifestyle communities, conspiracy theorists and cults - including one which was led by a convicted paedophile. Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, went missing in 2017 when he…[Continue Reading...]
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