Robert Palladino’s name appears nowhere in Steve Jobs’s lengthy authorised biography. But the one-time Trappist monk had an enduring influence on Jobs and the business empire he erected. Jobs sat in on Palladino’s calligraphy class at Portland’s Reed College. And this eventually inspired the elegance for which Apple computers are renowned. Continue reading
The ‘Tuneless Choir’ in Nottingham has recruited dozens of people who cannot carry a tune in a bucket, but still want to enjoy the positive effects of singing. The choir meets weekly to practise and they hope to give their first concert in the summer with covers of pop hits including Abba and Queen. Continue reading
A 95-year-old priest named Friar Roberto walked more than three and a half miles while hearing confessions during a recent “Penitential Walk” in Brazil. The walk that took place Feb. 28 in the northeast Brazilian Archdioceses of Fortaleza and Salvador de Bahia. More than 200,000 people walked five miles in the Penitential Walk. Many of Read more
Northern Ireland police have begun an investigation after video footage emerged of a Catholic priest caught snorting what appeared to be cocaine. Fr Stephen Crossan is reported to have snorted coke through a 10 pound note during a night of drinking in July 2015 in Banbridge, County Down. He was in a room containing Nazi Read more
An Otago church ended its more than 150-year run last month, but not before being struck by an ‘‘act of God”. The final service and deconsecration at St Mary’s Anglican Church, in Omakau, was performed without lighting or an electric organ on February 21 after a storm four days earlier blew its electricity supply. Vicar, Read more
Renato Bialetti, the Italian businessman who turned an aluminium coffee pot into a classic global design, died recently at the age of 93. In accordance with his and his family’s wishes, his ashes were interred in an urn shaped like a large version of a Moka pot, the stovetop coffee maker he introduced to the Read more
A shoe-shaped church is expected to open next month soon in Taiwan. The church, which is about 17-metres tall and 11-metres wide, took three months to build. The glitzy modern sculpture, made from blue glass and steel, cost around €630,000. Have a look
Esquire Magazine published an article titled “What Happened When I Dressed Like a Priest: An investigation into the power of the uniform.” The author decided to do an experiment to test the power of various uniforms. He bought four: the uniforms for looking like a Catholic priest, security guard, mechanic, and doctor. When he wore Read more
Most people are familiar with Norman Rockwell’s work. For many years it featured on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. The covers of the The Knights of Columbus magazine, Columbia, from the 1930 to the 1980, presented paintings in the same popular Saturday Evening Post style. The Knights of Columbus Museum has within its Read more
A Catholic diocese in the Philippines has suspended a member of its clergy for welcoming parishioners to the final blessing of the Christmas Eve mass on a hoverboard. The priest, at the diocese of San Pablo in Laguna, was filmed riding the self-balancing scooter up and down the aisles, to the applause and evident delight Read more