A Sri Lankan couple have broken the record for the world’s biggest wedding after walking down the aisle with a staggering 126 bridesmaids. Nisansala and Nalin tied the knot in the country’s capital Colombo, sharing their big day with an additional 25 best men, 20 page boys and 23 flower girls. Continue reading
Kristin Lenz, born 1983, says, “I hold within me both cynicism and hope. I left the church. I came back. Speaking about the millennial general she says, “For some of us, the clichés are still maddening and alienating.” Recently she asked her followers online for the five church clichés that they tend to hate the most. These Read more
Italian police arrested the superior general of the Camillian Fathers and Brothers on the suspicion that he kidnapped two Camillian Fathers opposed to his election to prevent them from attending the order’s general chapter. Father Renato Salvatore, who was re-elected at chapter meeting in May, and five other men were arrested by Italy’s finance police Read more
In Czaszek one of the oldest towns in southwestern Poland there is a strange chapel which has been constructed of human bones. Between 1776 and 1804, the local priest, Vaclav Tomasek, painstakingly gathered, cleaned and carefully arranged skeletons recovered from numerous, shallow mass graves left by the Thirty Years’ War, Silesian Wars and cholera outbreaks. Read more
The correct way to eat cockroaches at least in Shandong province, is to fry it not once but twice in a wok of smoking hot oil. As well as being a tasty treat, these delicacies have medicinal properties and are being used in China to cure a number of ailments. According to Liu Yusheng, a professor at Read more
Pope Francis gained a doting new fan on the weekend when a young boy wandered onto the stage during a speech to thousands of pilgrims in St Peter’s Square. The unidentified child shook off cardinals as they tried to lead him away, and turned down bribes of candy in favour of clinging to the Pope’s Read more
“Pope Francis is not a politically-correct pope,” rather, he is “a loyal son of the church” who presents the hard truths with a heavy dose of mercy, said Greg Burke, senior communications adviser to the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. He said Pope Francis clearly knows how to communicate and his effectiveness comes from his authenticity. Read more
The Vatican has officially declared its intention to defeat the Church of England – not in a theological re-match nearly 500 years after they split, but on the cricket pitch The challenge was launched at the baptism of the St. Peter’s Cricket Club. Vatican officials said the league will be composed of teams of priests Read more
When Peter Koudounaris, an art historian was asked, “Are you interested in seeing a dilapidated old church in the forest with a skeleton standing there covered in jewels and holding a cup of blood in his left hand like he’s offering you a toast?” his’ answer was, “Yes, of course.” The skeleton, he learned, was Read more
Charlie Nguyen, the owner of Charlie’s Liquor and Smoke Shop in Wichita, Kansas, found the unusual item during his shift. The bag said ‘remains of Helen K. Dapron’ and gave her apparent dates of birth and death as October 1930 and June 2010. Charlie told local television station KSN: ‘Just like that, people leave phone, Read more