POPE Benedict XVI has shut down a famous community in Rome that organised dances by a former nightclub dancer nun and hosted VIPs like Madonna, earning the disfavour of the Vatican . The closure of the monastery of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, which holds some of the Church's most prized relics, was reported by Italian dailies La Stampa and Il Foglio.The reports said the community of Cistercian monks based at the church for more than five centuries was being transferred to other churches in Italy .
Contacted by AFP, the Vatican did not deny the reports.
The basilica had become a hub for the Friends of Santa Croce, an aristocratic group, and had been criticised for some unorthodox practices including dances in which nuns pranced around the altar.
Wow-Sausage fan has therapy to break his addiction
BANGER bonkers David Harding loves sausages so much he has become the first man in Britain to undergo therapy in a bid to stop his 13-a-day habit.The 47-year-old dad of three has already shelled out nearly £2,000 on counselling and hypnosis to “break the spell” of his addiction.But married David, from Greenwich, South London, admits he is no closer to “freeing” himself from his addiction.
Why-Naked woman found at police station says spirits directed her there
A woman found standing naked outside the Gurnee Police Station told police that spirits told her to take her clothes off and walk to the police department, according to an official. The 52-year-old local woman showed up at the department on
O’Plaine Road at about on May 23, said Gurnee Police Cmdr. Jay Patrick. Three officers found her standing at the southwest corner of the building.
O’Plaine Road
The woman allegedly told the officer she was “awakened by the spirits in her apartment” and that they told her to remove her clothes before proceeding to the police facility, Patrick said.
Wow-Wife takes over plane when pilot-husband can't fly
Wow-Wife takes over plane when pilot-husband can't fly
"Have you ever flown an aircraft before?" asked the other pilot, who was flying a Great Lakes Airlines flight in the area and was in radio contact with the woman. "Do you have any experience?"
"No," the woman replies. The Great Lakes pilot instructed the woman on how to turn on the autopilot function and begin a controlled descent. "Hang on, hang on. I'm trying to get him to put auto ... autopilot," the woman said. "I don't know how to do this."
"There should be a button on the autopilot panel that says H-D-G for heading," the Great Lakes pilot said a few minutes later. "You want to push that. There should be a big knob you should turn."
Anchors at Connecticut-based TV show WTNH News 8 were expecting Grow's report about problems at a local school when the outtake was broadcast instead.The male half of the duo mumbled afterwards that 'the wrong tape loaded in there' as explanation for the gaffe, while his thoroughly unimpressed female counterpart looked on, stony-faced.
YouTube users have given the clip a mixed reaction, from Doberboy218's 'Is it me or did she say "s**t" under her breath when she started losing it?' to abstratorama's 'SHE IS A HOT CHICK, F**K THE NEWS!'
Much as we love Erica's boob, she's got a while to go before she matches that Swedish TV host lady who threw up live on air that time.