It’s a poorly kept secret that Pope Francis has a sweet tooth, with a particular weakness when it comes to ice cream. So it shouldn’t have been surprising that the “cold-call pontiff” was at it again this week, to thank an ice cream shop for the gift of several pounds of Italian gelato. Read more
Jonathan Pryce spent more than a week in hospital after contracting coronavirus. The ‘Two Popes’ actor used to believe that, as he got older, he’d find comfort in religion but that hasn’t been the case. Read more
More than 70 cars lined up last Tuesday night for a screening of “Fatima” — a new movie about the Virgin Mary’s reported 1917 appearances to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal — complete with photographers to capture cars arriving on the blue carpet and some screening-day swag — “Fatima” face masks. Read more
A dog called Baby, which bit a church member going door-to-door in Hamilton, has been classified as dangerous despite objections from her owner. It was about 4pm on January 16 when Brett Whiteley arrived at Yalda Ahmadi’s house in Chartwell, where he was met with a hostile reception from Baby, a female eight-year-old American pitbull Read more
A controversial Catholic priest in San Francisco criticized his parishioners for putting ‘safety’ over ‘sanctity’, skipping Mass to ‘avoid the remote possibility of dying from COVID-19 and claimed the news reports about the global virus as ‘largely unreal.’ Father Illo, of the Stars of the Sea Parish, made the remarks on July 26 in a Read more
Texas State Representative Jonathan Strickland, a self-described “Christian Conservative Liberty-Loving Republican,” publicly stated last Friday–earnestly and without irony–that aliens will need to become Christians if they want to avoid hell. Read more
When it comes to the full swing, we don’t see too much variety in how the best players grip the club. But one method becoming increasingly popular amongst players is the PRAYER GRIP. This is a method that sees the hands level and facing directly opposite each other. Click here to read the advantages of Read more
Last Monday Jeff Bezos added $13 billion (NZ$19.7 billion) to his net worth, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012. Read more
A retired Catholic school teacher is protesting how a small Catholic church in rural Wisconsin has been the site of an annual gun show that includes the sale of assault rifles and handguns. Read more
Kingston, ON – A Queen’s Masters student who’s been spotted on multiple occasions maskless and wearing a face shield upside down like a cute little pope hat. “The problem is when you sneeze or cough inside the shield, the splatter gets everywhere,” he explains. “It’s really annoying. Read more