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A wry look at some of the weirder things Christians get up to (and stuff)
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An Italian priest has been thwarted after publicising his plans (whch zipped round the world, whether he liked it or not) to hold an online beauty pageant for nuns. And no, I haven't been nipping at the communion wine: it's true. Apparently Father...
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The BBC reported on 17 July that Saint Mary's (Catholic) Church in Castleblayney, Northern Ireland, is banning pop music and poetry at funerals - putting an end to scratchy recordings of Candle in the Wind and Flying Without Wings . "Practices...
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The Vatican has just unveiled a new website - in LATIN. (By the way, did you know that Rome’s webmaster is actually a webnun, who leads quite a large team?) According to the BBC , Pope Benedict wants the Catholic Church to keep its ancient traditions...
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Ordinary people have made fortunes selling photos to the tabloids (and not just of Charlotte Church falling out of her dress or Amy Winehouse falling out of her mind, either). Mother Theresa's face in a chapati. David Beckham's face in a Jaffa...
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The Vatican (and therefore, one assumes, Benedict XVI himself) is behind a startling new plan to accelerate the progression of dead ex-pope John Paul II to sainthood. As part of the campaign (already pre-accelerated, because Pope Benedict waived the normal...
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