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July 30, 2017

Irish Priest horrified by plan to show exorcist film in abandoned church

The Belfast Film Festival plans to show two horror movies – The Exorcist and The Omen – at Holy Rosary Church in Belfast, a landmark church that has been abandoned since 1980.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – An Irish priest has decried a film festival's plans to screen two horror films in an abandoned church next month.

Published in International
April 5, 2016

Skateboarding church creator rejects criticism

Artist Okuda San Miguel spent a week late last year painting and converting an abandoned church in Spain into an indoor skateboarding park.

ROME – An artist who converted an abandoned church in Spain into an indoor skateboarding park is defending the project against critics who consider it an act of desecration.

Published in International