A Rio Grande Valley, Texas, truck driver, Ramiro Olivarez, got the sack for claiming Jesus was his co-driver. Every truck driver on any road in the United States is required by law to keep a logbook. Olivarez said nothing in the logbook is false. “Jesus is my co-driver, and I have no shame in that,” Read more
Using the Turin Shroud, the supposed burial cloth of Jesus, Italian police investigators have generated a photo-fit image from the negative facial image on the material. And from this they reversed the ageing process to create an image of a young Jesus, by reducing the size of the jaw, raising the chin and straightening the Read more
Pope Francis tells the crowd in St Peter’s Square how his mother scolded him when he was in year four at school after he said “a bad word” to his teacher. Watch video
St Mary’s Church, in Hawridge, in the UK held a Sunday service which was over in just 12 minutes. It was led by the Rector of Hawridge, Rev David Burgess, on Sunday, May 3. Burgess decided to hold the service after being set a challenge by one of his parishioners who said “I would come Read more
Last month in Belgium, Fr. Francis Lallemand celebrated what is thought to be the first religious funeral service for a dog. A white crib placed in front of the altar had the cremated remains of a Chihuahua called “Miss Chiwa,” which had been a model for dog “clothes” in magazines and TV advertisements. During the Read more
The Chinese government on Thursday announced a crackdown on strippers at funerals, a common practice in the countryside designed to attract mourners. More inspections were ordered in villages following recent cases including a funeral in Hebei province where a woman was photographed removing her bra in front of children and images of the deceased. “Illegal Read more
Australian Catholic University will create two scholarships named after executed drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran for Indonesian students to study in Australia. The scholarships will provide full tuition fees to the student’s chosen course over four years and be awarded to those who write an essay based on the theme of “the sanctity Read more
The proliferation of “beautiful young vampires” in TV series and Hollywood films including True Blood and the Twilight movies is encouraging young people to dabble with occult forces, a leading authority on demonic possession has warned a Vatican-backed exorcism course. “There are those who try to turn people into vampires and make them drink other Read more
A Bishop in the Philippines told his priest to stop abusing the kindness of people by subjecting them to boring, unorganised, unprepared, mumbled homilies. “We have seen many abuses among the clergy – alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse, gambling abuse, money abuse, travelling abuse, vacation abuse. Today, I invite you to turn your hearts Read more