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March 4th, 2012
11:18 AM ET
900-year-old saint's heart vanishes from cathedralBy Richard Allen Greene and Peter Taggart, CNN Police in Ireland are studying security camera footage from a cathedral in Dublin after the preserved heart of the city's patron saint was stolen over the weekend, they said Monday. The 900-year-old heart of St. Laurence O'Toole was taken from the iron cage where it is normally kept in Christ Church Cathedral, police and the Cathedral said. The bars were wrenched open, allowing access to the heart-shaped wooden box that held the relic bolted to a wall in Saint Lauds Chapel, Irish police said. Security cameras cover the cathedral's welcome desk, but not the interior of the chapel or the cathedral, police said. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories Cathedral staff called the disappearance of the relic "truly awful and strange" and said they were "shocked and saddened."  An empty cage once held the heart of 900-year-old saint. Adding to the mystery, there was no sign of a break-in, police told CNN. Nothing was taken from the chapel other than the heart, although Irish media said gold candesticks and other valuables were there. Cathedral staff called the disappearance of the relic "truly awful and strange" and said they were "shocked and saddened." St. Laurence O'Toole, an archbishop of Dublin in the 12th century, was born in 1128, lived until 1180, and was made a saint in 1225, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. Christ Church is a Protestant Church of Ireland cathedral. Catholics often preserve body parts from saints, believing they should be venerated. When Pope John Paul II was declared "blessed" - a step below sainthood - last year, a vial of his blood was displayed as a relic.
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YOU ALL DESERVE TO BURN. I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO BURN!
Can I have your heart when you die?
My, how christian!
He's no Christian.
And that's why the sait took their heart back...
Threats of eternal damnation are just as empty and impotent as your imaginary god
MEE too How bout you lite yourself up and get this Party started.
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. I MUST have that heart!
You atheists are disgusting. Stealing body parts now, not to mentioning continually blaspheming the Holy Spirit. I hate all of you. I can't wait until you all burn in hell.
You might be falling out of favor with the dark lord. You speak in evil tongues, yet you serve the father. Since we will both be in hell, you should get your priorities straight. And bring some board games. Eterninty is a long time!
If there were a hell, an Atheists certainly wouldn't want someone to burn there.
You're the a-s-s-h-o-l-e serving satan, not me. I won't be in hell. I'll be laughing at you lying, thieving, amoral, blasphemous j-a-c-k-o-f-f-s while you burn
Athiests don't believe in Satan, hence it would quite impossible to "serve" that which does not exist. You have no common sense.
You know, you're not even believable as a troll.
I suggest you stick to busing tables.
It's funny to watch you post in answer to yourself.
Ah, another loving Christian chortling at the prospect of souls tortured for eternity. Be careful what you wish for.
But Tom Tom, I want to believe GodsPeople is real! It would be so funny.
It's a troll. Probably herbie. Or you. Or anyone else.
It doesn't believe what it's posting. It's just farting.
I can assure you it is not me. I am the Central Scrutinizer. However I did ask Godspeople some time ago if she was HS and he denied it saying that at one time he was something else I can't remember. A troll, yes. Herbie, most liklely.
@Alien A-s-s-h-o-l-e: if you had any reading comprehension skills, you'd remember that I told you my previous username was GodIsTheWay. I tried being nice and respectful to you idiots, but all of you deserve to burn.
godpeople.. is it natural gas that is used in hell? who supplies the gas or do they have to import all those propane cylinders. The reason i ask is that I live in Alberta and we have lots of natural gas capacity, so if you're talking to your dad at some point, ask him who we need to discuss this with..thanks.
@Unevolved: my father's been dead for 6 years. died of cancer. Pray I never find you for that remark.
To GodsPeople: are you for real? what Christian would say such a thing? If "they" burn in hell.....you will be right there beside them, won't you? Otherwise, how would you know they are in hell?
Geez....don't know why I even answered you. You must be a teabagger. lol
Godspeople..you tell all of us that you want us to burn in hell ...and that that makes you feel good...by your "dad"I was referring to the god who you apparently are connected to in some manner. I had no idea of your personal life, and would not make a comment if i was aware of the situation. But I would still like to know, you being an expert on it apparently,l where the gas comes from in Hell...
Trollolololololol~
GodsPeople has nothing to do with God. He or she is already in hell and don't even know it. In any case, a sad, pathetic imitation of a human being, looking for any kind of attention. Please check your meds and don't promise that, which you can not deliver. What a sorry excuse for a human being!
@GODSPEOPLE well maybe if you weren't so ignorant (obviously i am as well as this comment will confirm) your father wouldn't have given up on life and let the cancer kill him. but if i had a child as stupendously deranged as you i too would pray for death from a ficitious god as I sometimes do just because i must share this beautiful planet with ego consumed destroyers such as yourself.
4 the Record I too am Canadian! it's not only the Albertains you have a problem with cuz i dwell in Ontario. I enjoy hunting, we should go for a stroll in the bush sometime, if your up in my neck of the woods seeking your revenge. my favourite game; is the over populated species commonly refereed to as THE JACK ASS.
Hey, while we are on the subject, did they ever find St. Paul? Those damn kids stole his whole body!
Hey man, check this out man. Here, smoke this....
What is this s.h.i.t man?
Just smoke it man......
Ok, if you say so man….
(toke toke toke)
This is good s.h.i.t man, what is this man?
It is St. Laurence O'Toole's heart man! You just smoked a dead dude man! Ha ha ha
Hey that's not funny man! Oh man I just smoked a dead dude. Damn man, that’s not cool!
Chill out man…..this will help you to heaven and s.h.i.t man….
Oh, yeah man….yeah I guess that’s cool. Pass that over here again man.
What's truly "awful and strange" is having a BODY PART in the first place. The church is the sick one!
I think it was where the good father hid his stash.
Relics.....Sounds a little like Voodoo! And the Catholic church wants me to respect their childish beliefs. Go back to the stone age and worship fire. Amazing!
This was obviously an atheist. I can't think of anyone else evil enough to do this.
GodsPeople,
You should have stopped with, "I can't think."
Exactly GP. It couldn't be a childish prank or anything. That Jesus hating evil demon that lives in a cave of fire recruiting an athiest too......wait, athiests don't belive in Satan. So how's that again?
We have Celine Dion under surveillance.
An obvious action of an "evil doer".
Elementary, my dear dumbazz: a little urchin who has been forced to attend the church did it, out of curiosity as to what a heart looks like after 900 years.
Joe Co'cker (Unchain My Heart) is also on our list to follow.
*groan*
@scotland yard you can arrest Celine Dion without a evidence and detain her indefinitely. she is the most dangerous terrorist to ever walk the earth. A drone strike would probably be the safest choice as her squeal can cause and cerebral aneurysm within 100km
Again, you "people" show how disgusting you really are. This is theft, just like any other theft, except that this is of a very old, very fragile and personal treasure. The atheist who did this should be thrown into a vat of water with electricity running through it off and on for 1 minute intervals.
So you're another christian who follows god's example instead of his commandments. Love your enemies; I'm torturing mine in a pit of fire for all eternity.
Oh, get a grip, Priscilla. Your hyperventilations are gassing everyone.
I just intend on destroying my enemies. Whatever means it takes.
This is a bowl of dust. Somebody did the church a favor, it was making everyone sneeze. Probably an inside job from the sound of it. Someone is laughing their a.s.s off over a pint. Wish it was me!
@tomtom: why don't you go kill yourself, you f-u-c-k-i-n-g w-h-o-r-e-
@ God's People
So nonreligious people are your enemies? Are you sure it's not spiritual darkness?
I do commend you, however, on being honest about your motives and not being a weak christian who insists on following god's commandments to christians. I am glad you seek to follow god's methods instead of his recommendations.
Oooh, looks like I've hit a nerve!! Goody! I guess I must have done some damage to this brainless dreck of a poster at some point in its life and rendered it helpless to do anything but splutter.
It's probably herbie the burbler again.
I'll bet you like to fart on kittens, don't you, herbie?
herbie get a hand job
There IS a herbie!
Herbie IS a hand job.
Prayer changes things
Pray for the missing heart. I'd say there's a 40% chance God will answer. Of course the heart being stolen is all part of his plan anyway.
Elementary. The work of a jealous atheist Watson.
It's Ground Hog Day!
The ghouls here who get joy from other suffering...shows how sad the world is
Who is suffering???
Please, DO respect other people´s belief.
Do be a do bee
You know even though the Doobie Brothers aren't related, they do be brothers.
It's still a crime !
I know, they should never have taken that person's heart. It should have been buried with the rest of the body.
It's a miracle!
Not the missing heart, I mean it is a miracle this place had a 900 year old heart. Ick. I will have a pint please.
I will have a Boddingtons, and if you happen to have one, a 900 year old heart.
If you will buy me a 900-year-old heart, I will gladly repay you next Tuesday!
Yea! The guy who loves hamburgers from Popeye reference!!
Check the eBay.
With all due respect to the power of miracles, maybe, just maybe, the saint returned for his heart.. I*m impressed. L
The tell tale heart.
Maybe ants got into it. Now they'll have to worship the ants.
How many days until the church claims it was a glorious, positive miracle?
Checking my list of biblical magic numbers, it could be 3, 6, 7, 12, or 40.
Cult of death.
Maybe St. Laurence came and took it back. It's a miracle.
Anybody check eBay?
Bwah!
No, as much as I would like to buy a bowl of dust, the shipping would be outrageous.