You know how much we love to laugh at the commies for keeping old heroes like Lenin and Mao on permanent display? Talk about your backward medieaval peasants.
We in the good old tradition of the European Enlightenment are sooooo much more sophisticated. That’s why the Roman Catholics, when they descend upon Sydney in a few months, are going to bring an 83 year old corpse with them.
Despite the 83 years since his death, his body is reported to be in surprisingly good condition. Interviewed by phone, the cathedral parish priest, Father Gardiglio, said the body was intact.
Apparently this poor guy was buried back in 1925 but years later they decided to dig him up again as part of ‘the procedure that led to his recognition as Blessed, the phase before recognition of sainthood.’ Maybe they had to check that he wasn’t circumcised or carrying a 666 tattoo under his hair or something. Fortunately, according to a relative:
“It was like meeting him. His body was intact, his skin was fresh.”
You know the same thing happens in vampire movies and it always ends badly. I hope the coffin is double locked.
And what is the purpose of carting this cadaver halfway around the world?
For pilgrims, being in his presence will be a matter of faith.
Of course!!!! When they put it that way, it’s so obvious.
This biggest-event-since-the-Olympics just makes me silent with awe at the sophistication of our society and how superior we are to those stone age Islamopricks.
I hope they’ll be selling indulgences. I’d love me a piece of the One True Cross, signed personally by the Vatican cricket team and a bargain at $10,000 + p&p. Ooooo look, I bet that stain is Jesus’ blood!!!!
