The billionaire returned to Twitter with a snap of himself alongside Pope Francis and four of his seven children
Were it not for an open-minded Pope in the 16th century, coffee might never have caught on in the western world. Imagine the office vibe then?
Pope arrives in US to screeching fans. Woman – 91 – charged for 260k Auschwitz deaths. Oscar appeal date set. Bok captain faces chop. Top 5 RWC tries so far. Baldwin explains Trump appeal. Kylie swimsuit, Kendall bra.
Vatican backs military against ISIS. Cyclone Pam devastates, Oasis feud over?Drug dealer wanted Apple Watch. Putin considered nuclear options. F1 season underway. UK teens bust heading for ISIS. Self-flying Uber – surely not?
If you were to list the jobs you might think Pope Francis had growing up I’m pretty sure bouncer would be right down the bottom. Alas, we know he likes to spring a surprise on us now and again.
This Pope Francis doesn’t mind saying something a little controversial. Some of his comments have angered many in the Catholic Church, get up to date here.
Pope Francis has proven rather popular in the Philippines this last week, with Sunday’s mass pulling in a ridiculous number of religious revellers.
It seems Pope Francis thinks that the Charlie Hebdo crew may have been pushing the boundaries a little too far with their mocking of people’s faiths. Can’t say that’s surprising, right?
A high-profile figure has come out in support of breast-feeding in public, and whilst he may seem a somewhat unlikely advocate it isn’t the first time he has made his views known.
Coca-Cola’s Olympics PR nightmare. ANC calls DA’s Ramphele move ‘rent-a-black.’ Italian Mafia executes 3-year-old. Depp engaged. The iPod is over. The Pope is officially a rockstar. Prince sues fans. Universal boss urges Bieber intervention.
Paris police hunt gunman. Alan Knott-Craig suffers stroke. Forbes is for sale. Luxury Bishop bust lying under oath. iPad Mini vs. iPad Air – which one do you get? Auction Alliance in Constitutional Court. Forbes is selling.
I imagine this is the closest we’ll get to feeling like Bill Cosby in ‘Kids Say The Darnedest Things’, because we just found this kid who did the darnedest thing. Last Saturday Pope Francis gave a speech “about families” to thousands of pilgrims who had traveled a long way to see the man in the white dress.
The Independent is reporting that Pope Francis has stated that non-believers would be forgiven by God if they followed their consciences. Here’s exactly what he said:
Floribeth Mora, a Cost Rican woman who had been diagnosed with an aneurism, was cured by former Pope John Paul II with prayer. After many tests and interviews with her doctor, Mora’s aneurism was gone and this has been hailed as a miracle.
More people returning new Blackberry, than buying. FW will be at Thatcher’s funeral. Justin Bieber makes $3.7m hawking debit card. Bitcoin halves in value. Ex-Pope about to pass away. Noth Korea woman-guards wearing high-heels.
Total Bitcoin value passes $1 billion. Pope mentions NKorea during Easter message. ANC says M&G are ‘pissing on graves’ of our troops. SA born ‘Pope of Pop’ dies. More Bieber drama. Ex-Rwanda king living in poverty in US. Gosling flips out.
Syria: 26 dead in reported chemical weapon attack. Thousands flock to Pope’s Inauguration. Malema’s farm seized (the irony). Cyprus votes against tax plan. The Wright brothers might not have been first. Cheeky Watson has a go at SARU.
The official page for God was created on Facebook in 2011. And while Facebook is generally regarded as having become a dump of bad content, the God page stands out as an island of satire in a sea of filigreed baby pictures. Having taken a satirical approach, the page divides the opinions of its almost […]
Last night white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signalling the election of the new Pope. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was the chosen one to lead the Catholic Church, and was officially sworn in with the name of Francis. But everyone knows that by now. If you want to be the one to impress your friends […]
Pope Francis will shake things up. Parliament set for Nkandla report. Protesters threaten to burn the Gautrain (nice one). Pornographic tourism logos under fire. Bernie wants women in F1. Qantas passengers get iPads. And the hardest partying nation on earth is..
Ok it’s not really Woody Allen, but damn Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina looks a lot like the Bullets Over Broadway director! Anyway, the new guy is 76 years old and is also the first non-European leader of the church in more than 1,000 years.
Mass celeb hack, finances exposed online. Cardinals set to elect new Pope. The Vatican and Europe’s biggest gay sauna. The real reason Justin Bieber cancelled show. Teen gives birth on SAA flight. Something about Zuma and the SABC. Tiger Woods wins again. Ronaldo puts written-off Ferrari on eBay.
Bolshoi dancer confesses to acid attack. Pistorius parts ways with PR company. 24 rhinos killed in a week. ‘Real IRA’ boss shot dead. Graça warns of bullyboy police. Mother Teresa slammed. Vatican orders media blackout. Chinese couples rush to divorce.
A German by the name of Ralph Napierski attempted to walk into secret talks to discuss the succession of resigned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday at the Vatican. Napierski was wearing a makeshift bishop’s cloak, had his own entourage of fake clerics, and to make the whole thing seem authentic, posed for photos with real bishops […]
Supreme leader spawns heir. Cardinals start discussing next pope. Moleskine diaries’ IPO. Harrison Ford Signs on for ‘Anchorman 2.’ Batman vigilante revealed. New Jimi Hendrix album. Kate Upton doppelgänger. Porsche recalls 5 500 Carreras globally.
Match-Fixing: Former SA Assistant Coach Sentenced To Eight Years. Tutu Punishes Obama’s Drone In Letter To New York Times. Holy-Spirit Will No Longer Assist The Pope. Financial Times To Stop Printing In SA By July. Latest on Shrien Dewani.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he’s resigning for the “good of church”, which of course makes our ears prick up immediately. Sure, he could be resigning for health reasons, but many previous Popes have shuffled off their mortal coil while in Papal power. So, apart from failing health, what could have sparked the Holy […]
The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI will resign on 28 February, an italian news agency has announced. Twitter, in the mean time, has gone into a feeding frenzy.
Isn’t he in a jolly mood, that saucy old cad. The Associated Press report that the Pope has granted his former butler a Christmas pardon, forgiving him in person during a jailhouse meeting for stealing and leaking his private papers in one of the gravest Vatican security breaches in recent times. Fifteen minutes after the meeting, […]
Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time yesterday from a personal Twitter account. This follows last week’s announcement by the Vatican that Benedict would begin posting messages on Twitter in eight languages under the handle @pontifex – a Latin term for pope that means “bridge builder.”