The retained blood of Pope John Paul goes on display in the Vatican.

Fully paid up Catholics are so extremely weird don't you think?! (As are Muslims and Jews - but let's stick with this Christian sect for the moment.) What the hell is this all about when "in truth" it's only the soul that matters, not the body? 

Somebody tell me - when did this Catholic relic industry kick off - the retrieved hair, the nail clippings ..... and now blood of ex pontiffs?!

Anyway here's an idea which I offer at no extra charge to "Vatican Relic Company & Son Limited": how about going the whole distance and make black pudding (a traditional English sausage made from blood) wafers of it and offer to communicants in transubstantiation of John Paul's body on special occasions. If that sounds weird it's no weirder and no more cannibalistic than the miracle of the transubstantiation of the body of Christ! 
Catholics really ought to get a grip, look at themselves in the mirror and seek psychiatric help! Idiocy in numbers - apparent normality - is no justification or excuse for such errant behaviour!


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/26/pope-john-paul-blood-vatican