in the news
Go ahead Santa, Make My Day
Dateline Nimpo, CA….
A Christmas display is being blamed for spreading holiday jeer around the neighborhood.The display features Santa, Jesus and Rudolph, but it’s not your typical holiday decor.
Santa is shown dead on the ground with X’s over his eyes. Standing over Santa and staring down the barrel of his shotgun is Jesus. And the dead, [...]
Jesus and Jury Duty
Dateline Birmingham…
Court officials in Alabama said a female potential juror’s name — Jesus Christ — raised eyebrows when she showed up for duty.
Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Scott Vowell said the 59-year-old Birmingham woman, who previously went by the name Dorothy Lola Killingworth, presented officials with a name change form with “Jesus Christ” on it [...]
The lengths people will go to avoid church
Dateline Plain City, Utah….
A 7-year-old Plain City boy took unprecedented measures Sunday to avoid going to church. The boy was spotted Sunday morning behind the wheel of a white Dodge Intrepid. Authorities were called after the boy ran a stop sign and nearly hit another motorist. Weber County Sheriffs deputies caught up to the Intrepid [...]
Nun Beauty Contest
Image via Wikipedia Dateline Rome…
ROME – An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.
The “Miss Sister 2008” contest will start in September on a blog [...]
Allah Arrested
Dateline Connecticut…
Members of the East Central Narcotics Task Force
arrested a West Hartford man was arrested after a short chase in South
Windsor Thursday evening.
According to police, Almighty Supremebeing Allah, 35, of 119 Elmhurst
St. West Hartford refused to stop for a marked cruiser and was detained
about a mile down the road after the initial stop.
He was charged [...]
Pastor and anger management instructor charged with domestic battery
Dateline Gary, Ind…
An anger management instructor was charged with domestic battery after his wife accused him of grabbing and beating her during an argument, police said.
The Rev. Robert Nichols, 49, has taught anger management classes for defendants in Gary City Court for several years, but his contract was voided while the misdemeanor charge against him [...]
It was bound to happen
Bishop in favor of legal Brothels…really
Dateline London…
LONDON (Reuters) – A Roman Catholic bishop in the southern English port city of Portsmouth is backing a campaign to legalize brothels without in any way condoning them.
The Right Reverend Crispian Hollis supported the local branch of the Women’s Institute which wants to license brothels.
“If you are going to take a pragmatic view and [...]
Take my church choir…please
The choir of St Stephen’s Church in Bristol has appeared as an item for sale on ebay. ‘Venerable Anglican scarlet-robed choral tradition (SATB), of St Stephen’s Church, Centre of Bristol. Good condition,’ the text reads. ‘Reason for sale: The choir have (with extreme sadness) decided that even though they would have liked to have assisted [...]
The Virgin Mary is found in a Lemon
Dateline Watauga…
A bar owner was shocked Tuesday morning when his son saw the face of the Virgin Mary in a sliced fruit.
Sam Nance said his son Marty exposed the Virgin Mary’s face on a lemon he was cutting at the family’s business, Texas Billiards.
“It kind of freaked me out,” said Nance, a member of [...]