Religion/ Spirituality

Ralphie May's estranged wife is poisoning their 2 children against him and refusing to let them see him ... according to new docs filed in his divorce -- which is getting VERY nasty.

Ralphie is upset because Lahna Turner is keeping the kids in Los Angeles ... while he's at the home in Tennessee -- but he says what really ticked him off is that she destroyed their Ketubah.

The Ketubah is the Jewish marriage contract, and Ralphie says she shattered the glass box that held theirs, then stabbed it repeatedly with scissors ... right in front of him and their children. In the docs, he also says she ripped photos off the wall and cursed at him.

Ralphie insists the family lives in Nashville and the divorce should be handled there. For her part, Lahna calls Nashville more of a vacation home where the family spent some holidays. She says home is L.A. ... where the kids are enrolled in school.

#RIPKetubah

Fear not, raging homophobes ... when the first openly gay man to play in the NCAA tournament takes the court in Denver Thursday, the a-holes from the Westboro Baptist Church have vowed to be there to picket.

Rapper Mos Def was turned away in a South African court Tuesday, after refusing to remove a turban on his head.

The American rapper faces charges of trying to leave the country with a bogus passport. He presented a "world passport," instead of his American passport and was slapped with the charge.

After being turned away, he returned with a loose scarf partially covering his head.

The world passport -- technically called "World Government of World Citizens" -- is not recognized by the country.

Jameis Winston and his girlfriend Breion took the plunge ... sorta ... at a spiritual retreat in Colorado this week, surrounded by a BUNCH of NFL stars.

No, we're not talkin' marriage ... but they did get baptized together at a Pro Athletes Outreach event in Colorado Springs -- an annual event that brings together hundreds of NFLers every year.

The event is geared toward couples -- who pray together, attend workshops together and listen to different religious and motivational speakers.

Among the stars this year ... Antonio Cromartie and Brian Hartline ... and Kurt Warner ran a seminar.

Father Robert Sirico -- a celebrity in his own right for his political and cultural commentary -- eviscerated the Academy for embracing "Spotlight" while it celebrated a child molester in its own ranks.

We got the Catholic Priest -- who writes for the NY Times -- and asked about the church scandal that became the centerpiece of the movie.

You gotta hear his answer ... and he's right. Roman Polanski won Best Director in 2003 for "The Pianist," the same time The Boston Globe was breaking the molestation stories.

Polanski pled guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl and then fled the country ... he's never returned.

Check out the video from 2003, below. The applause for Polanski was thunderous and the standing ovation remarkable.

Christian rock will never get hotter than Selena Gomez doing a surprise gig in the middle of a religious themed event.

Gomez surprised fans at an album release party for Christian group Hillsong Young & Free in downtown L.A. Gomez has long been a supporter of the Hillsong church, which also boasts Justin Bieber as a follower.

We're told Selena wrote the song "Nobody" with Shane Stevens to deliver one message -- that no one can love us like God.

The plan is to release the song on Christian radio and possibly cross over to mainstream.

Remember when Conor McGregor said he would "whoop Jesus Christ's ass"?

Akon is calling major BS on Louis Farrakhan ... saying comments he made comparing NBA basketball to modern day slavery -- and LeBron James to a slave -- are totally and completely off base.

Farrakhan made the statements at a recent Nation Of Islam event in Detroit ... trashing the NBA -- as an exploitative operation where black men are "bought and sold" ... exactly like slavery.

Akon doesn't agree ... and when we got him out at LAX he admitted he had respect for Minister Farrakhan, but didn't hesitate to give him the business ... calling his statement "bulls**t."

Check it out.

LeBron James is nothing but a modern day slave ... owned by the white man -- in a system designed to chew him up and spit him out ... so says Louis Farrakhan.

The leader of the Nation of Islam was speaking at a Saviours' Day event in Detroit when he warned community leaders to NOT put up basketball courts in the community.

"Please don’t put up another basketball court thinking that you're giving back to the black community ... basketball courts are a training ground for a basketball plantation."

Farrakhan compared the NBA Draft -- and other pro sports -- of participating in a system not unlike the slavery auction block.

"We got bought and sold just like that ... and that's what you do in sports."

"You run up and down the field, you show them how swift you are, how clever you are. And they’re sitting there watching you, timing you ... that’s a good one, I’ll get him, I’m drafting him."

Drake had a concert over the weekend ... at a restaurant ... for a bunch of 12 year olds.

The rapper headlined Gigi Ashkenazy's Bat Mitzvah party at the famed Rainbow Room in NYC.

Gigi rocked out to "Hotline Bling" and "My Way," as Drake scored a huge payday.

Drake's going rate for private parties is $300k - $600k, and we're guessing based on the playlist his fee was at the high end.

As for who throws a lavish Bat Mitzvah like this ... it's Ben Ashkenazy, who owns a commercial real estate firm. His company's reported net worth is a cool $7 billion.

400 of their closest friends left green ... with envy.

Pontiffs behind giant stone walls should not cast stones about Donald Trump's proposed wall ... is how some people see the Pope's holy war of words with the Donald.

It's been pointed out that Vatican City -- Pope Francis' HQ -- has been surrounded by a massive protective wall for centuries. In fact, the wall was first built in 852 A.D. to fend off Muslim attackers.

It was expanded to its current size in the 1640s. The wall, in all, measures 2 miles ... surrounding 109 acres.

Donald Trump just went full bore on the Pope, saying the pontiff was "disgraceful" for questioning his faith.

Trump was reacting to the Pope's comment, "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." It seems to be a thinly veiled attack against Trump, who wants a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

Trump went off ... "For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian."

Trump believes the Mexican leaders with whom the Pope just met have poisoned him with one-sided views on immigration, adding, "They are using the Pope as a pawn."

And Trump says this ... "If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS' ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened."

Pope Francis schooled one of his followers in a big way Wednesday ... and you gotta wonder if the guy is feeling like a bad omen has just befallen him.

The Pope was working the crowd in Morelia, Mexico when a guy pulled his hand so hard His Holiness fell over, onto someone in a wheelchair.

The Pope's usually a pretty chill dude but he got so riled up he shouted a new holy commandment in Spanish -- "Don't be selfish! Don't be selfish!"

The 79-year-old eventually regained his composure and gets an "Amen" after planting a kiss on the head of the guy in the wheelchair.

Heavyweight champ Deontay Wilder says after he hangs up the gloves he might just pick up the collar ... and become the toughest preacher ever to walk the earth.

Wilder was at LAX when we asked about his pre-fight prayer ritual and whether or not he thinks it helps him successfully punish his opponents.

That's when the champ got all holy on us ... saying that not only does prayer work for him, but that he's gonna help it work for everyone else ... by being a preacher when he retires from the ring.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Olé Ghost ...

See's Candies has screwed with Jewish tradition by advertising its Valentine's Day boxes as kosher, when they're strictly for the goyim.

Avi Weiss, a Jewish man who keeps kosher, claims in a new lawsuit he wandered into a See's shop last month looking for some kosher sweets. He says the box was specifically advertised as "kosher certified." Check out the lower left corner of the display above the stacks of boxes.

Now here's where it's a little weird. Avi never explains how he knew the candies weren't kosher. He doesn't say if he ate them nor does he say what gave the unholiness away.

Avi DOES say kosher certified products "command a premium in the marketplace," and because the boxes aren't kosher he overpaid.