A funeral in Peru was dramatically interrupted after ‘knocking’ was heard from within a coffin. A woman had been pronounced ‘dead’ following a horrific crash, and later put into a coffin ahead of her funeral. But when her relatives hoisted the wooden structure onto their shoulders, they began to hear strange sounds. Read more
A religious artwork was removed after a local priest and a businessman were found to be depicted in it. The $17,000 painting of St Sabinus meeting St Benedict features the head of the charity which commissioned the work as well as the priest who runs the cathedral. Read more
Sister Linda Sim, who is about 1.5m tall and weighs less than 50kg, won a gold medal in the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in South Korea. Sister Linda gave up taekwondo when she joined a convent. Years later, she’s dusted off her black belt at a Singaporean hospice to teach children recovering from cancer. Read Read more
A federal judge on Monday blocked a Catholic University from auctioning off a gingham dress worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” one day before it was set to be put up for bids that some expected to generate up to $1.2 million for the school’s drama department. Read more
Religious jokes are (sacra)ment to make you grin for what might seem like an eternity and bring some laughter (and possible good-natured head shaking) to your day. Here are 45 Christian jokes and puns about the Bible, religion and dad jokes about faith. Read more
Beneath the zippy punchlines and side-splitting satire, Stephen Colbert believes laughter is not only the best medicine, it can be a form of salvation too. Colbert opened up about his Christian faith with Dua Lipa on CBS’ “Late Show” earlier this year. Read more
HippieCatholic on TikTok reaches Catholics who know the pain of loving tradition and desiring some changes. She is frustrated by claims that there is only one way to be a Catholic and that that way possesses the sole grip on truth. Read more
Movie director David Rolfe offered to give the British Museum one million dollars if it can make a new Shroud of Turin. Rolfe posited that if the shroud is the handiwork of “a medieval conman” as the Museum suggests, then their experts should be able to accomplish a similar feat in 2022. Read more
An extremely rare bible famous for an unfortunate error that encourages adultery has been discovered in New Zealand. The 1631 “Wicked” Bible, as it has become known, omits the word “not” from its seventh commandment, informing readers “thou shalt commit adultery” Read more
Madonna reached out to Pope Francis nearly two decades after the Vatican condemned her “blasphemous” behaviour. The singer — born Madonna Louise Ciccone — said she’d like a second chance to make things right, vowing she’s nothing less than “a good Catholic”. “Hello @Pontifex Francis —I’m a good Catholic. I Swear! I mean I don’t Read more