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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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Prayer changes things .
It's Groundhog Day!
You, good sir, are a troll
Nah, i dont see Virginia as a troll (nothing really inflamitory from her). She came onto this board serious/defensive re her Catholic stuff and set herself up for ridicule just as surely as the chubby girl sets herself up for ridicule when she hollers out in middle school "don't call me fattie!"
Ungodly Discipline
U lost me on that post bigbang, sorry.
Oh nutin, jus talkin to the troll-bait.....
Ungodly Discipline
Ok Virginia7063
1. Yes, we do understand the Catholic church, obviously better than you.
2. You don't know the saints but you feel the need to discuss them with us.
3. You are too stupid to use a computer but this is the medium you have chose to educate us.
Ok, that sounds real good. Carry on.
Do i know my trolls or what!
U lost me on that post bigbang, sorry.
Ok, I think you were just pointing out that Virginia is a troll. I am not so sure, but you are prolly right.
I want my mummy!
Excellent – good one!
They called the theft of the heart in a box strange - cult a s s Catholics keeping the heart in a box is what is strange here.
To whom it may concern: All the negative posts about this article are really uncalled for. Apparently many of you are uninformed of the teachings of the Catholic faith. I just wanted to show some of you that are interested that there are people chosen by God that have been so blessed. I am not familiar with all the saints as there are thousands of them. However, I did want to point out a website. I'm not real good with the computer so I'll type this for you to look up. Under Google put in St. Bernadette-saints and angels. After reading about her then go to the pictures of her. The reason we use saints to pray to is that they have already found favor with God. I hope you are blessed by this article on the saints.
Virginia7063 – prepare to be "e-torn" to shreds.
Ok boys, bring in Virginia7064 !
Ok Virginia7063
1. Yes, we do understand the Catholic church, obviously better than you.
2. You don't know the saints but you feel the need to discuss them with us.
3. You are too stupid to use a computer but this is the medium you have chose to educate us.
Ok, that sounds real good. Carry on.
Virginia - please do not explain your ridiculous beliefs to us, it just makes you look even more stupid that you believe it enough to repeat it.
May the big Hooka Hooka in the sky bestow peace upon you and yours.
Kirky Baby, i b big like Indy, de original relic-hunter dat wears a cute hat an sports a whip.
Evil Nazi took da heart, so i'm off to get it back (Pope's payin me a small fortune!).
Trade in your Hooka Hooka for a vaporizer EdNV and your lungs will thank u for it.....
This Church sounds like a bunch of devil worshipers – 900 year old human hearts in boxes and vials of blood on display – YUCK!!
The pope is eating it as we speak, to gain even more wizard powers!!
lol
no really, it is!
I never get tired of that SG
zooinb: "You know when you are part of a quack religion when you worship human body parts."
Aint that the truth, whew !
What next – worship their excrement?
2 girls, 1 cup
Kirky Baby, "wif yo"? Ooooo u r a black gay – i heard u r extra special !
We is eckstra speshul, bangie-boy. We sho is. Sa da tay on the tippie tie. It tooks me a loooong time ta gets dere, but once I'm dere, I aint coming out. Try it, you like it, gay-run-tee.
h-h-hey big bang....how big is you?
Take heart.
You know when you are part of a quack religion when you worship human body parts.
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.
Oooooooooookay. You honestly believe that's funny? The joke with cheech and chong smoking that "labrador" joint was the fact there was actually marijuana in it......and dog dung. Smoking body parts? How retarded.
Actually, i thought the Cheech & Chong parody was right on!
Love those guys!
Dead people's ashes are always funny. Fart jokes, then the "urn" jokes. Movie after movie after movie.
Very funny LOL
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!!
Has anyone looked in San Fransico?
I checked Craig's, I checked Ebay. Nothing. The problem with San Fran is there are so many hills. Anyway, it is just a bowl of dust and the shipping would be outrageous. Besides, if it ended up in East L.A. it has already been cut and snorted.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
My other theory is that the theft was commissioned by one Richard (Dick) Cheney, for use in some sort of Freemason voodoo ritual to fix his heart so that he'll live forever. Apparently, robotics technology just isn't moving fast enough for the comic book super villain.
Kirk Cameron: "B4BigBang: excuse me son, but you need to start beleevin in Creationanity. It's your only hope."
And all this time i thought our "only hope" was Obi Wan.....May the farce be with ya.....
b4bigbang: the only hope is to believe in talking dinosaurs and 9 foot tall giants. and the FLOOD! May the schwartz be wif yo ass.
I'd hate to see hat Rick Santorum has pinned to the wall in his house....
S Sampson: I've been to Rick Santorum's house. Pinned to the wall is a. a baby, b. a copious collection of young women's v aginas, and c. a painting of Bill Maher being guillotined which he worships and bows down to every day.
Seriously? I'd believe that. But I actually thought he had the hearts and souls of all Americans pinned to his wall.