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Woman Sees Jesus in Stained Towel
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThere's the Shroud of Turin -- and now there's the Towel of Coventry. A 31-year-old dance instructor from the British city says a bizarre brown stain that appeared on one of her tea towels actually shows the face of Jesus Christ. Roisin McCourt told Metro that the discolored spot is clearly recognizable as the face of a man with a beard and long hair. ...
Did Journalist Find 'THE Nails' Used to Crucify Jesus?
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- Controversial journalist Simcha Jacobovici says he may have found the nails that were used to crucify Jesus more than 2,000 years ago. He chronicled his Indiana Jones-type search in a new documentary called "The Nails of the Cross," which was screened today at a news conference in Jerusalem and will be broadcast in the U.S., Canada and Israel in the coming weeks. Jacobovici presented two first-century Roman nails that were bent "in a way that is consistent with crucifixion." He contends that these are the same nails found in the burial tomb of Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest ...
Pole Dancing for Jesus [VIDEO]
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThese pole dancers are blurring the lines between strippers and Scripture. On the second Sunday of every month, former exotic dancer Crystal Deans leads a pole dancing course for church-goers in Old Town Spring, Texas. Dubbed "Pole Fitness for Jesus," the class empowers women and helps them get in shape -- all to the sounds of "upbeat contemporary Christian music," Deans told Fox 26. The instructor says she knew exotic dancing wasn't for her, but realized she could use her experience performing to help other women connect with the teachings of Jesus Christ. "I actually decided to take the ...
Pope Exonerates Jews for Jesus' Death in New Book
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity. In "Jesus of Nazareth" excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict uses a biblical and theological analysis to explain why it is not true that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death. Interpretations to the contrary have been used for centuries to justify the persecution of Jews. While the Vatican has for five decades taught that Jews weren't collectively responsible, Jewish ...
Holy See-t? Couple Spot Jesus in a Chair
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsCall it the chair-way to heaven. A couple in Mission Viejo, Calif., say they have found the likeness of Jesus Christ on an old rocking chair that had been sitting in their backyard for years. Lynn Balducci acquired the wooden chair more than 10 years ago, but only spotted Jesus' visage when she and her husband, Lou, decided to toss the old cushions last week, according to KTLA. ...
Family Sees Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus in a Tortilla
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsIt's the immaculate comestible. While heating up some tortillas Tuesday afternoon, a mother in Starr County, Texas, says she was surprised when some unexpected visitors turned up in her kitchen -- the Virgin Mary and the Baby Jesus. Melinda Solis told ValleyCentral.com she was warming up flour tortillas for her sons after school when her mother pointed out a large brown mark on one of the tortillas that looked like an iconic image of the religious figures. KGBT-TV / ValleyCentral.Com What do you see in this tortilla? A family in Texas says a brown spot on a flour tortilla (left) ...
What Is Epiphany, and Who Is Celebrating It?
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsToday's is a holiday is known by many names: Little Christmas, the Feast of the Epiphany, Three Kings Day. While you may have already packed away your Christmas decorations, for many, the holidays are not quite over yet. Today officially marks the end of Christmastide. Different Christian denominations celebrate the Epiphany in different ways, and for slightly different reasons. According to Christian tradition, on Jan. 6 the Three Wise Men arrived to visit the baby Jesus, and this was also when Jesus was revealed to be the son of God. In the United States' Catholic dioceses, Epiphany is ...
Jesus Sightings in 2010: Year Ends in a Piece of Candy
By Marc Hartzman - AOL NewsAs the Christmas season fades and the new year approaches, a Toledo, Ohio, man believes he found the real spirit of the holiday in a piece of hard candy. James Burrows, 63, claims to have found an image of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus in a piece of hard tack while shopping for candy at a grocery store where he works part time. "I just looked at it, and it just struck me," he told Fox News in Toledo. "This time of year, for this to come up, it was kind of unusual. Really, it was a great experience." Toledo man sees Christ, Virgin Mary in Christmas candy: foxtoledo.com The Vietnam ...
Pilgrims, Clergy Come to Bethlehem for Christmas
By not in system - AOL NewsBETHLEHEM, West Bank - The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank town. Officials said the turnout was shaping up to be the largest since 2000. Unseasonably mild weather, a virtual halt in Israeli-Palestinian violence and a burgeoning economic revival in the West Bank all added to the holiday cheer. By nightfall, a packed Manger Square was awash in red, blue, green and yellow Christmas lights. Merrymakers blasted horns, bands ...
What to Buy the Weird People on Your Gift List
By David Moye - AOL NewsDuring the Christmas season, the saying "It's better to give than to receive" gets bandied about. Sometimes, the proper sentiment should be "No good deed goes unpunished." Face it: Some people are just hard to buy for, but sometimes it helps when the gifts are as weird as the recipients. To that end, AOL News has traveled to the far edges of the earth looking for those gifts to get when you don't know what to get. For People Who Still Find Dilbert Funny Is there a person in your life whose idea of fun is complaining about how you are wasting his valuable time talking to him (or ...
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