A couple who have been married for more than 40 years are appealing to the Family Court to have their union declared invalid so that they can tie the knot again. In the application to the court, the woman said she had received “guidance from God” telling her the marriage is illegitimate. She believes the Read more
Usually when God decides to randomly say “hi” to us mortal beings, he chooses some sort of food as his venue—a piece of toast, a flake of corn flakes, a misshapen apple. But for Audreanna Phelps, God went super-personal, showing up on her actual person. Phelps says she was at the mall when she looked Read more
A 78-year-old widower married to his first wife for 55 years, wanted to marry a never-married, lifelong Catholic in her sixties. They planned to marry in the Catholic Church. But The priest insisted that they attend marriage preparation classes offering information ranging from Natural Family Planning to how to manage a household budget. So they hoofed Read more
The rich have their own worries and face the difficulty that many despise them. “Often rich becomes a pejorative,” says counsellor the super-rich Robert A Kenny. “I’ve been in rooms and seen people stand up and say, ‘I’m Bob Kenney, and I am rich’ and then burst into tears.” Another problem they have is deciding Read more
In SanDiego, artwork featuring the Virgin of Guadalupe riding a surfboard was put up under a train bridge shortly before Easter by artists disguised as construction workers. Officials contend the piece is graffiti under the law and must be removed. Still, City Council members acknowledge it is stunning, so they hired the art agency to Read more
Argentina’s national soccer team coach Sergio Batista has settled a 25-year-old debt that many fans felt had denied Argentina from clinching a major prize following their second World Cup title. Carlos Bilardo’s 1986 World Cup squad, training at high altitude in Argentina’s northwest for the Mexico finals, were reported then to have made a promise Read more
The term “planking” was coined in Australia and became a fad in 2011. However this is yet another case of an ancient Catholic Church religious practice being hijacked by modern secular popular culture as a fad; planking” has its origins in liturgy. It is an ancient religious act of lying on the floor of the Read more
Science is confirming what we have always suspected. After years of referring to Apple’s customer base as the “cult of Mac” or “cult of Apple,” a group of UK neuroscientists have been able to demonstrate that when you compare the brain MRI’s of Apple fans versus those taken of people who consider themselves “very religious,” Read more
Just in case there weren’t enough natural disasters or security threats in the United States, a Government health agency is advising people to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Government’s Department of Health and Human Services, has posted instructions on what to do should Read more
Vladimir Putin has been many things in his life – KGB agent, president of Russia, art critic, motorcyclist, dog owner, bear tagger, fire-fighter, tiger tamer, singer and judo master, to name a few. Now, some believe he is the reincarnation of the early Christian missionary, Paul the Apostle. According to a report on news site Read more