“Ratzinger Rules”
July 15, 2008 by askegg · 2 Comments
GRAFFITI featuring the words “Ratzinger Rules” and other slogans were sprayed on the Hyde Park War Memorial in central Sydney overnight, police say. Josef Ratzinger is the birth name of Pope Benedict XVI, who is visiting Sydney for World Youth Day.
World Youth Day Laws (God Help Us)
July 14, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
Weak US dollar hits papal profits
July 12, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
Almost a quarter of the $79.8m worth of offerings the Vatican received last year came from America, which put the church in the red by $7.3m. Guess all that prayer didn’t work.
Still, they raked in 236.7m euros from the gullible (ahh faithful) last year.
Euthanasia ruling draws Vatican rebuke
July 10, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
Englaro, born in 1972, has been in a vegetative state for 16 years following a road accident.
She has been receiving food and water artificially since January 1992 in a hospital in northern Lecco, and her father Beppino Englaro had been seeking an end to the life support since 1999.
‘Fake’ priest exposed at Vatican trying to hear confessions
July 7, 2008 by askegg · 2 Comments
“He was wearing a priest’s uniform, but our personnel’s expert eye didn’t take long to perceive some strange behaviour.”
Pissed Catholic Mother
July 2, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
Classic.
Thou shalt not annoy
July 2, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
“So if someone flashes a WYD participant they will face a $1100 penalty but if they wear an anti-Catholic T-shirt they could face a $5500 penalty,” she said.
Dead Catholic arrives in Oz to see Pope
June 28, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
The body of Pier Giorgio Frassati, who was beatified in 1990 by Pope John Paul II, has been transported from the Turin Cathedral to Sydney following a farewell mass.
Communion ‘only for pure of heart’
June 28, 2008 by askegg · Leave a Comment
POPE Benedict said today only the pure of heart could receive communion, a day after Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joked that the Church should extend it to those who have divorced and remarried.
Vatican Says They Will Excommunicate Women Priests
May 30, 2008 by askegg · 3 Comments
The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication. The decree was written by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and published in the Vatican newspaper.
