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Isil want to assassinate the Pope, says Iraq's ambassador to Vatican

Pope Francis is at risk of an assassination attempt by the Islamic extremists of Isil, the Vatican has been warned, ahead of his first visit to a Muslim-majority country this weekend.
As the 77-year-old pontiff prepares to travel to Albania on Sunday for a one-day visit, Iraq's ambassador to the Holy See said there were credible threats against the pontiff's life.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church could also be vulnerable when he travels to Turkey in November, the ambassador said.

Jihadists from Isil have in recent weeks boasted of wanting to extend their caliphate to Rome, the heart of Western Christendom, and have talked of planting the jihadist black flag on top of St Peter's Basilica.

Habeeb Al Sadr said there were also indications of a more specific threat against Pope Francis, who recently spoke out in favour of the US and its allies halting the advance of Isil in Syria and Iraq.>
"What has been declared by the self-declared Islamic State is clear – they want to kill the Pope. The threats against the Pope are credible," the ambassador told La Nazione, an Italian daily, on Tuesday.
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The ambassador said the Pope had made himself a target by speaking out against the human rights abuses committed against Christians in Syria and Iraq, as well as by his approval of attempts by the US to try to roll back Isil.


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Exploding excrement topples building in China, 15 injured

Beijing (AFP) - A cesspool filled with excrement has exploded in central China, injuring 15 people and knocking down a building, state-run media reported.

The blast was apparently sparked by a local man burning waste close to the cesspool, igniting methane gas which was emanating from the pit, the Xinhua news agency said late on Sunday.

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Exploding excrement topples building in China, 15 injured

Beijing (AFP) - A cesspool filled with excrement has exploded in central China, injuring 15 people and knocking down a building, state-run media reported.

The blast was apparently sparked by a local man burning waste close to the cesspool, igniting methane gas which was emanating from the pit, the Xinhua news agency said late on Sunday.

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The Szechuan Chicken will do that every time.

[elenamylove]

The Szechuan Chicken will do that every time.

Sounds like a winner!

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Paul di Luccas big plan for McDonald's inside Churches.

Let me know if this has already been talked about. I looked, but saw no prior discussion. There is a small social group of small business owners considering a most unorthodox proposal, that being to build a small McDonald's restaurant inside of existing churches. The theory being that this would help to increase church attendance, resulting in a net gain for both the participating house of worship and the locally held franchise.
I truly thought this was nothing but an overwrought, ill conceived joke written by some bored agnostic, but now I'm not so sure. It is so off the wall, it may work in a material sense, but it is not likely to increase the parish numbers who are primarily in church to sate the hunger in their soul. By no means am i endorsing this approach. I only wish to share a bit of current events proposals that really shocked me. It's better to know what we may one day have to deal with. The more traditional christian must be ready to calmly and articulately explain to an outside group exactly why we are so quick to reject this idea. We cannot expect certain followers to just get it, like we do.
The group is lead by di Lucca, a creative director at the church branding agency Lux Dei design, and hopes to raise one million dollars via IndieGoGo, a fundraising site. So far they only have raised $104 while also using the hashtag #Feast4Jesus.

[Gracie]

I can see it all now. Next sunday at Mass the priest will be offering up the host to the congregration. He will give you one and ask "Do you want fries with that"? :angel:

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Punished for Referencing Bible, Military Chaplain Tells His Side of the Story

In his first-ever media interview, the military chaplain who was punished for making references to the Bible during a suicide-prevention seminar last month says he was simply doing his job.
“What I had tried to communicate with my audience is that depression can be conquered, depression can be overcome, and there are a myriad of ways of dealing with depression,” the chaplain, Capt. Joe Lawhorn, told The Daily Signal in a Skype interview.
“In this particular case,” Lawhorn explained, “I had struggled myself personally with the issue at hand I was teaching.”

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Man Jumps Into Water and Catches His New Camera Drone at the Last Possible Moment

Zwier Spanjer recently purchased a DJI Phantom 2 camera drone and captured the video above on his first day of flying it outdoors. The flight didn’t turn out the way Spanjer planned.

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Accountant jumps to his death from office 'because ... the mannequins were chasing him'

An accountant at a New York ad firm leaped to his death because he was hallucinating that the mannequins at his Manhattan office were chasing him, it was claimed today. David Caquais, 43, opened at window at Catch NY on the fourth floor of a building in Manhattan's Garment District and jumped out about 9pm on January 2. The New York Post reports that Mr Caquais screamed 'They're after me! They're after me!' as he ran around his office and attempted to kick out windows.

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Houston UPS driver fired after camera catches him peeing on house during delivery (VIDEO)
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Ben Lucas was shocked when he found his packages damaged earlier this month. That's when he went to the surveillance videotape and saw the shocking moment the driver urinated on his home. UPS eventually apologized and fired the seasonal deliveryman.
This guy puts the pee in UPS.
A Houston deliveryman was canned from his job after a customer caught him on camera taking a leak on the side of his house.
Ben Lucas went to the tape after items inside a package delivered to his home this month in the Heights neighborhood were broken and busted open.
He suspected the United Parcel Service worker tossed the packages over the fence. The man did — but instead of just taking off, he took time to heed nature’s call.
"I don't know how UPS trains their employees to go to the bathroom, but probably not someone's yard," Lucas told KHOU-TV. “It’s not like the cameras are hidden. They’re in plain view.”
Lucas posted the 100-second clip to YouTube Tuesday. It shows the driver pull up, toss the packages then proceed to pee on bushes and the side of the house. The stunned homeowner included pictures of the aftermath, showing how a large parcel filled with ammunition had burst open.
The driver’s pee was still visible when Lucas photographed the disturbing evidence.
“You're paying someone to take a package to go from point A to point B. So basically I paid someone to come to my house and pee on it," Lucas told the station.
The angry homeowner contacted the local UPS franchise and got in touch with corporate. After several dead ends, Lucas decided to post the video online and even to the UPS Facebook page to get some results.
A supervisor eventually called and promised to replace the broken items.
Ben Lucas was desperate to bring the bizarre incident to the attention of UPS brass, but it wasn't until he posted the video to the company's Facebook page and gave it to the media that they finally apologized. KHOU Ben Lucas was desperate to bring the bizarre incident to the attention of UPS brass, but it wasn't until he posted the video to the company's Facebook page and gave it to the media that they finally apologized. "She was apologetic and wants to send me a 'we're sorry' gift," Lucas told KHOU.
UPS later fired the seasonal worker for violating “decency and delivery care” rules.
“No behavior like this is acceptable,” the company said in a statement.

[Burnsey]

Ya gotta go, ya gotta go.....had he carefully lowered boxes to the ground, his pottie habits would probably have gone unnoticed..........

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Vatican to Offer Haircuts, Shave, Showers to Rome's Homeless
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The Vatican will offer homeless people in Rome not only showers but also haircuts and shaves when new facilities open next month, the head of Pope Francis' charity office said. The Vatican announced last year that it would provide shower facilities in St Peter's Square for homeless people. Bishop Konrad Krajewski told the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire on Thursday that it would also offer haircuts and shaves when the services start on Feb. 16 in an area under the colonnade of the square. Krajewski, whose official title is the pope's almoner, said barbers and hairdressers would volunteer their services on Mondays, the day their shops are traditionally closed in Italy. They had already donated chairs, hair-cutting instruments, and mirrors, the newspaper's website said. Krajewski came up with the idea of building showers in St. Peter's Square last year after a homeless person told him that while it was relatively easy to find places to eat at Rome charities, it was difficult to find places to wash. He immediately received the pope's backing for the shower project and then expanded it to include haircuts and shaves.

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Cub Scouts on Nature Hike Stumble Upon Nude Beach

Parents are outraged after a pack of California Cub Scouts on a nature hike ended up on a nude beach.

The group of fourth graders, parents and volunteers was hiking along the San Diego coastline on Jan. 24 when they stumbled upon dozens of naked people at the clothing optional Black's Beach.

One of the scouts' mothers said, "I was nauseated because I had never seen a bunch of nude people just walking around holding hands, strange people that I don't know."

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[Snusdog]

In a follow up story.............enrollment in the Scouts reached an all time high