Obama's Rosary Beads, Buddha idol and Hindu Monkey God

President Obama revealed some of the personal items he occasionally carries in his pocket — including a Buddha statuette, a poker chip, and rosary beads given to him by Pope Francis.

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Satan worship on rise in America

Satanists are not merely mystical eccentrics wearing black Gothic garb, sacrificing animals and operating in shady and secret societies. They are now ordinary people who call themselves ‘secular’ and praise reason and the individual freedom of thought.

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Churches opening doors to Pokemon

You won’t find Pokemon mentioned in the Bible, but you can find them at church. When Clovis’ Trinity United Methodist Church Pastor Amy Jordan discovered her church was a “PokeStop” featured in the phenomenon of Pokemon Go, she decided to take full advantage of it.

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Pope Francis claims Mary ascended into heaven with body and soul

Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” asked for Mary to intercede for the oppressed on Monday and claimed to the thousands gathered to observe what is known as the Roman Catholic “Feast of the Assumption” that she had been “assumed into Heaven body and soul.”

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NBC promotes communication with the dead

Matt Lauer of NBC's Today Show recently took a long flight to Rio, where he'll be covering the Olympics this month. But before that, back in New York, he took a very different sort of journey. This trip was with Tyler Henry, the psychic medium and star of the E! show "Hollywood Medium."

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Satan club coming to a school near you

A Massachusetts-based group of political activists that fight against religion in elementary classrooms will begin petitioning in the fall to set up after school programs to counterbalance Christian after school programs.

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Immortality will soon be available expert says

A world where you can download your personality on to a computer to create your own avatar may sound like something from a science fiction novel. But according to Dr Michio Kaku, this 'immortal world' could soon be a reality.

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Virgin Mary Statue's tear of blood causes hysteria

Hundreds of ecstatic pilgrims are flocking to a statue of the Virgin Mary believed to be crying a single tear of blood. Images of the statue with a red liquid dripping down its cheek have been shared on social media, prompting a mass pilgrimage to Floridablanca in Columbia.

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Modern Spiritualism: Scientists say there's life after death

A team of British researchers have “confirmed” that consciousness can go on when someone dies but the study also uncovered some disturbing aspects of the so-called afterlife. The scientists looked at the cases of over 2,000 people and have established that thoughts continue on after their hearts stops beating.

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Wiccan Religion on the Rise in America

Wicca is a modern version of ancient pagan religions, created in England and brought to the United States in the 1960s. Its followers worship a goddess and a god, honor the Earth and practice ritual magic. They follow the Wiccan Rede, a statement of principles that stresses the importance of doing no harm.

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Indonesian community celebrates feast with the dead

An Indonesian community has begun celebrations of an annual festival honouring the dead which sees hundreds of centuries-old corpses exhumed, dressed in clothes and put on display.

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Exorcism is on the Rise

You might think it’s a ancient rite that belongs in the dark ages, but exorcism is making a big comeback. A wave of recent incidents has seen a presidential candidate publicly ‘exorcised’, a murderer begging to be cleansed of the devil and a woman who was “possessed by a snake” going through a ritual at a church.

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"She's in heaven" – Pope Francis on Mother Angelica

Pope Francis on Wednesday offered a special blessing for Mother Angelica following her death on Easter Sunday, expressing his confidence that she is already in heaven.

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Pope to Make Mother Teresa a Saint

Mother Teresa, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor in India, will become a saint on September 4, Pope Francis announced Tuesday. The date on which she will be proclaimed a saint falls on the eve of the anniversary of her death, which occurred on September 5, 1997.

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Satanic Temple to deliver invocation at council meeting

Four Phoenix City Council members are pushing back after Tucson members of The Satanic Temple were scheduled to give an invocation at the City of Phoenix council meeting on February 17.

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Woman kills son while 'exorcising demons'

The woman, Irene Mbithe, was arrested on Thursday after residents of Kangurue slum in the capital Nairobi raised alarm over the suspicious death of her son, Brian Kibet. When police arrived at the scene, the child's tongue and intestines had been pulled out in an attempt to "free him" from the said demons.

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Teen, 18, who worshipped the devil admits to murdering his close friend

Police say a teen who allegedly worshiped the devil admitted to gruesomely murdering one of his close friends. Edward O'Neal IV, 18, is accused of killing Ryan Joseph Robert, 16, whose mother reported him missing on January 15.

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Pope Francis Leading the world to Mary

Before his first trip as pontiff to a place with more Catholics than any other Spanish-speaking country, where he will surely be mobbed by the thousands night and day, the pope requested something likely to be in short supply — a few minutes alone.

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Spiritualism alert: Hillary Clinton talks to the dead

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton held imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi as a therapeutic release, according to a new book written by Bob Woodward, says a report in Sunday's edition of The Chicago Sun-Times.

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Hollywood Moves Back to Demonic Possession Stories

Wall Street Journal

Move over, vampires, werewolves and zombies—demonic possession and exorcism are taking over. It’s enough to make your head spin. Some 40 years after “The Exorcist,” demonic possession is back, spewing out movies, TV shows and books. “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” based on the “Evil Dead” film franchise about demons plaguing vacationers at a cabin in the woods, is premiering on the Starz cable network on Halloween. The creator of zombie hit “The Walking Dead” is bringing his possession comic book “Outcast” to Cinemax next year.

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