AS RUMOURS swirl about Pope Francis’ imminent resignation from his position as God’s PA, WWN casts our eyes over his possible successor. So readers are aware we have not considered any women as we feel presenting the church as open and equal enough of an organisation to see women as equal to men would have… Read more »
KEEN eyed fans of continuing to hold an organisation responsible for facilitating the widespread rape and abuse of children, have today made Pope Fancis’s continued inaction on child abuse go viral. Not taken in by online publications attempting to make a brief video of the Pope retracting his hand from being kissed by worshippers ‘go viral’,… Read more »
SOME 400,000 people have been left with egg on their faces after they began turning up to the Papal mass in the Phoenix Park a full day after it actually took place, WWN can reveal. All 500,000 tickets for the Papal mass were snapped up this summer when they became available online but officials were… Read more »
A NUMBER of non-Catholic businesses and services have decided to flaunt the traffic and security warnings put in place for this weekend’s Papal visit, after pausing for a moment to consider the absurdity of the whole situation. With public transport through the city centre set to devolve into utter madness as Pope Francis visits the… Read more »
WWN, like any self-respecting news publication or online copy and paste outlet, is only too happy to cash in on people’s curiosity about the Pope’s visit to Ireland. We could run a series of features and articles that asked tough questions and refuse to just give the Pope a bit of free publicity, but instead… Read more »
In his latest column, Bishop Cornelius Byle, WWN’s resident priest and conscience expert, poses the question ‘surely it’s time to forgive the Church in the matters of covering up child sexual abuse, disposing of babies in a septic tanks, selling children illegally to couples in America, condemning women to servitude and hard labour and a… Read more »
IT’S now a common feature in the news cycle every day; amazing people rush to donate to a GoFundMe page for a poor unfortunate soul in unimaginable financial difficulty or distress arising from an unprecedented event, accident or hardship and today is no different. By now we’re sure WWN readers have seen the image of… Read more »
GARDAÍ have issued a warning on a batch of extra strength communion wafers which are believed to be flooding the country ahead of the Pope’s Phoenix Park gig later this month. The speckled wafers are believed to contain ten times the amount of body of Christ than normal Sunday wafers and can cause heart palpitations, dehydration and even… Read more »
REPORTS emanating from the Vatican this morning contrast greatly with the official accounts of US President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Pope Francis, WWN can confirm. The first meeting between the two leaders had been much anticipated after the Pope decried the toxic messages Trump shared on his presidential campaign, solidified by Republican budget proposals… Read more »
ROME found itself flooded with people who came to celebrate the canonisation of Pope John Paul II along with Pope John XXII this weekend. The criteria for sainthood in the Catholic faith has varied over the years, but with the last 15 years, seeing a decline in the church’s standing the current Pontiff Pope Francis… Read more »