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Music, Religion

ITALY’S SINGING NUN SUOR CRISTINA: ‘I AM NO LONGER A VIRGIN’

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Rome, Italy (The Adobo Chronicles) – Suor Cristina, the singing nun who won Italy’s The Voice earlier this year, admits she is no longer a virgin. Or at least that’s how she feels.

The 26-year-old Sister Cristina Scuccia is raising eyebrows with the song she has chosen to release for her first single, complete with video. She delivers an almost hymn-like cover of one of the most notorious songs from the Madonna  — the pop star Madonna – ‘Like A Virgin.’

“I feel that after recording my first single and filming my first music video, I am no longer a virgin in as far as the entertainment world is concerned,” she said.  She expressed excitement over the release of the single and appreciation for her millions of fans worldwide. “I truly have been touched for the very first time,” she added.

The Adobo Chronicles is conducting a poll on whether it’s a thumbs up or a thumbs down for Suor Cristina’s new single:

Film and TV, Politics, Religion

CNN WANTS TO HIRE RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR AFTER INFAMOUS BIGOTED SEGMENT

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Aslan
Aslan

Atlanta, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles) – After that embarrassing segment in which religious scholar Professor Reza Aslan slammed the bigoted questioning by anchors Don Lemon and Alysin Camerota, CNN says it wants to hire Aslan as a religious consultant.

In that CNN segment, the anchors and Aslan were discussing earlier comments made by Bill Maher on another show criticizing Muslim extremism. Aslan all but lectured Lemon and Camerota who both wouldn’t budge on their line of questioning about whether or not Islam promotes violence.

“It was a segment that we would rather forget,” CNN said, but only after video clips of the interview went viral on the Internet.

CNN said it now acknowledges that Aslan’s breath of knowledge and expetise on the issue of Islam were no match to the limited and simplistic perspective of the anchors. The cable news network added it would like to make up for this gaffe by offering Aslan a consulant position to advise its newsroom about all issues relating to Islam and the Muslim world.

Lemon and Camerota were not pleased with the network’s decision and are seriously  considering jumping ship and moving over to FOX News.

International, Religion, Travel

POPE FRANCIS REPRIMANDS PHILIPPINE MAYOR

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Mayor Petilla of Palo, Leyte in the Philippines (photo: ABS-CBN News)
Mayor Petilla of Palo, Leyte in the Philippines (photo: ABS-CBN News)

Vatican City, Italy (The Adobo Chronicles) – Pope Francis sent a strongly-worded letter to the mayor of Palo, Leyte in the Philippines, reprimanding her for attempting to hide the truth from the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.  The pope is scheduled to visit the Philippines next January and wants to meet with the victims devastated and rendered homeless by last year’s typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).

Mayor Remedios Petilla of Palo wants to transfer 250 families living in bunk houses in Barangay Candahug to another place five kilometers away so they will not be very visible when Pope Francis visits the town in January. The families, who had been staying in the bunk houses in Candahug after their houses were destroyed by the supertyphoon on Nov. 8, 2013, would be transferred to other bunk houses in Barangay Tacuranga or permanent relocation sites ahead of the papal visit.

The transfer “is being fast tracked because of the scheduled visit of the Pope next year,” Petilla said.

Pope Francis
Pope Francis

In his letter to Petilla, Pope Francis said, “What part of ‘visiting the typhoon victims’ do you not understand? That is the primary reason I am coming to the Philippines. Do not displace them just to impress me because I am not that easily impressed, especially by those who are not truthful like yourself.”

The Vatican is considering papal visit guidelines which now include banning Mayor Petilla from coming anywhere close to the pope when he visits Leyte.