Religion is big business

[scotsboy]

Some interesting stories coming from Brazil:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6630311.stm

It seems the conversion rate to Protestantism is of concern to the Vatican, so what better way to appease the Masses, than:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6645555.stm

[wavy davy]

After canonising Friar Galvao, the Pope also hugged Sandra Grossi de Almeida and her seven-year-old son, Enzo.

She is one of two Brazilian females who the Church says are evidence of divinely inspired miracles that justify Friar Galvao's sainthood.

Friar Galvao is remembered for producing Latin prayers written on tiny balls of paper that, when swallowed, had the apparent effect of curing a range of ailments.

After taking one of these pills, Ms Almeida, who had a uterine malformation that should have made it impossible for her to carry a child for more than four months, gave birth to Enzo.

Friar Galvao is also certified by the Church as healing a four-year-old girl said to have been considered incurable by doctors.


I'm far from an apologist for Islam, but the fact that Christians, albeit RCs take this stuff seriously is as abhorrent as fundamentalist Islam.