Christ on a cracker

Long time readers know how much I love these stories. This one isn't a Jesus manifestation but this woman found a message from God on a Goldfish cracker:

The cracker in question has two markings, or imperfections, on its surface. Burke says the first marking is of a cross with a circle around it. The second marking, near the head of the fish, represents a golden crown.

“When I picked this one up, I knew he was special,” she said. “Something I’ve never seen before out of all the Goldfish I’ve eaten.”

Burke admittedly has been working from a large sample size, consuming between two and three pounds of the crackers per week. She says she eats the small crackers individually, examining each one for the optimal amount of savory coating.

She takes it with her everywhere, safely ensconed in an earring box padded with gauze. Considering the amount of preservatives in those things, I expect it will last for all eternity.

Unholy alliance

This was the funniest thing I saw last night. So bizarre, yet so appropriate. The headline alone made me laugh. For real.

The Vatican has hired a Fox News correspondent to help improve the Catholic church’s media relations, Reuters reported Saturday. Citing a church source, the news agency reported that Gerg Burke, a Fox correspondant for Europe and the Middle East and a member of the right-wing Catholic group Opus Dei, had been hired as a “senior communications advisor” to the Vatican’s political arm, the Secretariat of State. The Vatican has yet to formally announce Burke’s hiring, though the church official said they are expected to do so shortly.

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