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Entries in Religion (8)

Thursday
Sep242015

It's Pope Francis Week in America

All the news channels, local stations and the online and print headlines. It's all about Pope Francis and his historic visit to America this week.

Friday
May292015

God has an 820 Credit Score

Saturday
Mar232013

Pope and Former Pope Meet

Hope they had a nice lunch.

Saturday
Mar092013

Some Say American Pope is a Possibility

I'm not quite sure about that.

Monday
Nov122012

Ringing a Bell is More Dangerous Than I Thought

Helen Springthorpe is a bell ringer at a church, and ringing those bells almost cost her, her life.

Springthorpe, 58, a bell ringer at St Nicholas Church, in Bathampton, U.K., had to be rescued by firefighters after becoming tangled up and trapped 20 feet above the belfry floor during a practice session earlier this week.

Springthorpe, who had only been on the job for three months before the accident, which, according to The Telegraph in the UK, happened on her first "pull" of the night with six other campanologists -- the fancy term for "bell ringers."

Springthorpe got caught in the ropes and couldn't get out.

"I don’t remember very much at all, I started pulling the bells and the next thing I knew I was looking at a paramedic," Springthorpe, who also works as a typist,

The rescue was difficult.  The staircase to the belfry was too narrow so firefighters had to lift up a section of the floor in order to lower her to the ground in a stretcher, the BBC reported.

Despite the harrowing experience, Springthorpe has made a full recovery, but officials are using the incident as a way to let the public know about the possible hazards of bell-ringing.