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Beyoncé is pregnant, 100th time telling y'all pic.twitter.com/WdQNfZPynf — #LoseItAll (@badgalyonce) October 1, 2015 Beyoncé Sparks New Pregnancy Rumors Beyoncé has been dodging pregnancy rumors nearly her whole career but the speculation has only been worse since Blue’s birth… But the latest photos of the singer performing at a surprise show at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas (where she was reportedly paid $6 million) have people asking if she is toting a baby bump in those unitards! Hit the flip for a video of her performance and weigh in on whether or not you think she’s knocked up! Twitter
103-Year-Old Woman Banned From Her Home Church Gets To Return A sickly 103-year-old woman was confronted by police after being banned from her church due to a disagreement over the pastor’s practices. Union Grove Baptist Church of Elberton, GA issued a letter to Genora Hamm Biggs, a 92-year member of the church, stating that she was displaying conduct ‘detrimental’ to other members. She felt that some of the Pastor’s practices were changing the denomination of the church…and thus was put out. Looks like Jesus has taken the wheel because the elderly woman has been allowed to return to her home church after the ain’t isht pastor stepped down. According to The Root reports: Rev. Tim Mattox, who has been pastor of the church for six years said that following news of Biggs’ explusion, he had received death threats. On Wednesday, it was announced that Mattox was leaving along with other members of the congregation to form a new church, at which Biggs would not be welcome. As for Biggs, she’ll be returning to her church home and has even been handed the key to the church, now responsible, along with a few other members, for electing the new pastor, her attorney Ken Dious told Fox News. “She’s elated,” Dios said. “This is the only church she’s ever known. It was her grandfather who started that church.” Thank the lawd!!!
Don’t let people kiss your baby ! Facebook Mother Posts Horrifying Photos Of Infant Sick With Herpes Virus A Facebook status posted by a newborns mom has parents around the world clutching their pearls. The mom of the above infant intended to warn everyone , don’t let people kiss your baby! The infant contracted the life threatening virus after allowing a friend to kiss her in the mouth. Here’s what she had to say: Please share this with every new mum and pregnant woman you know… COLD SORES CAN BE FATAL FOR A BABY. Before 3 months old a baby cannot fight the herpes virus. If a baby contracts this it can cause liver and brain damage and lead to death. I know this sounds like I am scaremongering but if my friend had not told me about this my baby girl could have been very seriously ill. I noticed the signs early and got her to A&E, we have now been in hospital on a drip for 3 days and have got another 2 to go. She was VERY lucky, all her tests came back clear. The moral of the story is DO NOT let anyone kiss your newborns mouth, even if they don’t look like they have a cold sore- 85% of the population carry the virus. And if someone had a cold sore ask them to stay away until it has gone. Everyone who I have spoken to had not heard of this before and so I felt it was important to share Brooke’s story and raise awareness to stop anyone else going through what we have this week. The precious load seems to be doing fine now, the mom has since posted healthy pics of the baby. You can see the preciousness after the jump.
What Does Pope Francis’ Visit To The U.S. Mean To African-Americans And Minorities? Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States was big news this week in the mainstream media. All week there was lots of talk about his overtly liberal political views on climate change, divorce, gay marriage, and contraception, but very little about his thoughts on social reform in regards to people of color. “Black folks” might not be the first image to pop into your head when thinking about the Pope or Catholicism, but there ARE black catholics and many of them want to know where the church stands on issues that affect them, i.e. #BlackLivesMatter. Via IBTimes While blacks make up a sliver of the nation’s Catholic population, some of the faith’s African-American leaders and adherents said the pope’s message on injustice and inequality was an implicit admonishment that blacks had not yet achieved true social and economic parity with their white counterparts. The pope’s repeated mentions of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. this week during his first trip to the United States was an affirmation of what social justice activists have said for most of the year leading up to his visit — that black lives matter and deserve equal access to the American dream, said some black Catholics. “I think the pope has already communicated that the voices of the locked out and the left out should be listened to,” said Marc Morial, a lifelong Catholic who is president and CEO of the National Urban League, a black civil rights organization based in New York City. “That’s what the Black Lives Matter movement has been about,” he said, referring to the national social justice movement that first emerged in 2013 as a Twitter hashtag campaign protesting police brutality …“I don’t expect that [the pope] will go through a checklist of every nuance and political issue,” Morial said by phone Thursday from Washington, D.C. “But are [church leaders] listening and hearing the pope on social justice, and what does that mean going forward?” To that end, Pope Francis had this to say about the current political structure: “If politics must truly be at the service of the human person, it follows that it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance,” Francis said Thursday to members of the U.S. Congress. Politics should be “an expression of our compelling need to live as one, in order to build as one the greatest common good,” the pope continued. He added: “I do not underestimate the difficulty that this involves, but I encourage you in this effort.” In another address made in NYC, Pope Francis spoke on the several of the issues which affect many African-American communities nationwide: Via NYTimes “In big cities, beneath the roar of traffic, beneath the rapid pace of change, so many faces pass by unnoticed because they have no ‘right’ to be there, no right to be part of the city,” Francis said in a Mass before 20,000 at Madison Square Garden. “They are the foreigners, the children who go without schooling, those deprived of medical insurance, the homeless, the forgotten elderly. These people stand at the edges of our great avenues, in our streets, in deafening anonymity.” …He spoke of that divide often during the day, from his first remarks before the United Nations General Assembly, where he called for respect for “those considered disposable because they are only considered as part of a statistic,” to his closing homily’s observation that “big cities also conceal the faces of all those people who don’t appear to belong, or are second-class citizens.” How do you feel about Pope Francis’ remarks? Do they carry weight with you? Can the pope, along with the Catholic church, help bring about change in the United States in regards to the treatment of minorites? Image via AP
What Does Pope Francis’ Visit To The U.S. Mean To African-Americans And Minorities? Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States was big news this week in the mainstream media. All week there was lots of talk about his overtly liberal political views on climate change, divorce, gay marriage, and contraception, but very little about his thoughts on social reform in regards to people of color. “Black folks” might not be the first image to pop into your head when thinking about the Pope or Catholicism, but there ARE black catholics and many of them want to know where the church stands on issues that affect them, i.e. #BlackLivesMatter. Via IBTimes While blacks make up a sliver of the nation’s Catholic population, some of the faith’s African-American leaders and adherents said the pope’s message on injustice and inequality was an implicit admonishment that blacks had not yet achieved true social and economic parity with their white counterparts. The pope’s repeated mentions of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. this week during his first trip to the United States was an affirmation of what social justice activists have said for most of the year leading up to his visit — that black lives matter and deserve equal access to the American dream, said some black Catholics. “I think the pope has already communicated that the voices of the locked out and the left out should be listened to,” said Marc Morial, a lifelong Catholic who is president and CEO of the National Urban League, a black civil rights organization based in New York City. “That’s what the Black Lives Matter movement has been about,” he said, referring to the national social justice movement that first emerged in 2013 as a Twitter hashtag campaign protesting police brutality …“I don’t expect that [the pope] will go through a checklist of every nuance and political issue,” Morial said by phone Thursday from Washington, D.C. “But are [church leaders] listening and hearing the pope on social justice, and what does that mean going forward?” To that end, Pope Francis had this to say about the current political structure: “If politics must truly be at the service of the human person, it follows that it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance,” Francis said Thursday to members of the U.S. Congress. Politics should be “an expression of our compelling need to live as one, in order to build as one the greatest common good,” the pope continued. He added: “I do not underestimate the difficulty that this involves, but I encourage you in this effort.” In another address made in NYC, Pope Francis spoke on the several of the issues which affect many African-American communities nationwide: Via NYTimes “In big cities, beneath the roar of traffic, beneath the rapid pace of change, so many faces pass by unnoticed because they have no ‘right’ to be there, no right to be part of the city,” Francis said in a Mass before 20,000 at Madison Square Garden. “They are the foreigners, the children who go without schooling, those deprived of medical insurance, the homeless, the forgotten elderly. These people stand at the edges of our great avenues, in our streets, in deafening anonymity.” …He spoke of that divide often during the day, from his first remarks before the United Nations General Assembly, where he called for respect for “those considered disposable because they are only considered as part of a statistic,” to his closing homily’s observation that “big cities also conceal the faces of all those people who don’t appear to belong, or are second-class citizens.” How do you feel about Pope Francis’ remarks? Do they carry weight with you? Can the pope, along with the Catholic church, help bring about change in the United States in regards to the treatment of minorites? Image via AP
Will And Jada Smith Quietly Leave Scientology Even though they’ve already shot down reports that they’re headed for splitsville, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith have already severed some major ties…to the church of Scientology. Insiders confirmed earlier this year that the Smith clan wasn’t a part of their Hollywierd cult. But new tax documents seem to indicate that they actually were highly contributing members at some point…and quietly tiptoed out before speculation became confirmed. Via RadarOnline : Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith insist they are not yet divorcing, but RadarOnline.com can learn that they have already secretly split — from the Church of Scientology! Tax records uncovered by Radar reveal that the acting couple even got a quiet refund on a seven-figure donation they made to a church-affiliated organization, as a former leader confirms they are no longer members. Rumors about the Smiths and the church first surfaced in 2007, when Will told Access Hollywood that super-Scientologist Tom Cruise had introduced him to the religion. Then in 2008, he and his wife donated $70,000 to Scientology causes, according to tax documents for their Will Smith Foundation, and dumped a whopping $1.2 million into the Scientology-centered New Village Leadership Academy in 2011. Tax documents obtained by Radar show that in 2010, the Smiths’ WJS Trust donated $1,235,000 to the NVLA. Though not a strictly Scientologist project, the school used Scientology teachings in its curriculum and was run by individuals with ties to the church. The school closed in 2013, but according to tax records obtained by Radar, the Smiths weren’t left hanging. NVLA’s 2013 tax return shows that the full $1,235,000 was refunded to the WJS trust. Since then, Will and Jada’s foundation has not supported any publicly Scientologist causes. They have, however, donated to several other religious organizations through the Will Smith Foundation. In 2013, for example, they donated $20,000 to the Oaks Christian School in West Lake Village, Calif., $2,000 to the Laurel Street Baptist Church in L.A., and $5,000 to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Jada’s hometown of Baltimore. Interesting. Good thing these two hopped out before ending up profiled on “Going Clear.”
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