http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26510/missionary-couple-slain-in-mexico-peace-pact-in-puebla http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26510/missionary-couple-slain-in-mexico-peace-pact-in-puebla#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:13:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26510 A married couple who had served for 28 years as Baptist missionaries in Mexico were murdered on last week Tueday at their home near Monterrey in El Cercado, Santiago, Nuevo Leon.

The area has suffered heavily from attacks by drug cartels in recent weeks, including the murder of the mayor of El Cercado, leading to the tentative conclusion that the crime was committed by people serving narcotics traffickers.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26510/missionary-couple-slain-in-mexico-peace-pact-in-puebla/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26449/mexico-enacts-rules-against-miracle-cure-ads http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26449/mexico-enacts-rules-against-miracle-cure-ads#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:11:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26449 Mexico has a long history of faith healers and home remedies, but the problem has come to a head in the last few years with a constant stream of ads on television for more "scientific" sounding creams that supposedly lift or enlarge breast and buttocks, magnets that help users lose weight, or pills and powders that cure gastric problems or diabetes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26449/mexico-enacts-rules-against-miracle-cure-ads/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26171/christians-in-mexico-forced-from-village-threatened-with-crucifixion-or-lynching http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26171/christians-in-mexico-forced-from-village-threatened-with-crucifixion-or-lynching#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:39:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26171 About 70 Protestant Christians lived in the village of San Rafael Tlanalapan, Puebla state, until last week Monday, when they faced a frightening ultimatum – leave immediately or be “crucified or lynched.”

Traditionalist Catholics in the village reportedly threatened to burn down or otherwise destroy their homes.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26171/christians-in-mexico-forced-from-village-threatened-with-crucifixion-or-lynching/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16821/hundreds-of-mexican-clowns-join-march-to-honour-the-virgin-of-guadalupe http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16821/hundreds-of-mexican-clowns-join-march-to-honour-the-virgin-of-guadalupe#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:40:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16821/hundreds-of-mexican-clowns-join-march-to-honour-the-virgin-of-guadalupe http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16821/hundreds-of-mexican-clowns-join-march-to-honour-the-virgin-of-guadalupe/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4749/mexico-shamed-by-300-womens-deaths-in-the-borderlands http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4749/mexico-shamed-by-300-womens-deaths-in-the-borderlands#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:51:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4749 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4749/mexico-shamed-by-300-womens-deaths-in-the-borderlands/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4332/churches-help-fund-missionarys-defense http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4332/churches-help-fund-missionarys-defense#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:20:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4332 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4332/churches-help-fund-missionarys-defense/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4131/american-woman-husband-arrested-in-murder-in-northern-mexico http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4131/american-woman-husband-arrested-in-murder-in-northern-mexico#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:53:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=4131 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/4131/american-woman-husband-arrested-in-murder-in-northern-mexico/feed 0