Madonna

• CHANGSHA, China, May 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chinese variety show "Ride the Wind 2024", produced by Mango TV, is a musical spectacular and international cultural exchange platform.
• The show has invited 36 accomplished women of all ages from across the globe to join in with the excitement.
• Once off the stage, Joyce Jonathan learned a bit more about Chinese culture in the show.
• Despite speaking different languages, they can learn from each other and work together to create more possibilities for global culture exchange.

• OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 2, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, Canada Post continued its nearly 60-year tradition with new Christmas and holiday stamp issues that capture the spirit of the season.
• Since 1964, Canadians have been encouraged to make their mail merrier with annual Christmas and holiday stamps.
• This year's secular holiday stamps celebrate the frosty splendour of Canadian winters with a cross-section of snowy landscapes from across the country.
• Domestic rate stamps are available in booklets of 12, while the U.S. and international rate stamps are offered in booklets of six.

• Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been common in Catholicism.
• And now they’re going to get a closer look – but on a worldwide scale.

Marian apparitions

• Catholics believe Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, and the mother of God, who still makes her presence known.
• And the Catholic Church has officially recognized a number of sites where Mary has reportedly appeared around the globe.
• Crowds drawn by the children’s prophecy that Mary would reappear and perform a miracle reported seeing the sun “dance in the sky.” The most recent Marian apparition that a Catholic bishop has declared “worthy of belief” was in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, in 2016.

Mary’s tears

• A well-known example is the Madonna of Syracuse, Sicily – a plaster statue that seemed to shed tears.
• Investigators appointed by the church said the liquid was chemically similar to human tears.
• Mary’s tears have special significance for Catholics.

The possibility of fraud

• Perhaps because they address controversial issues, the standards were only made public in 2012 – nearly 35 years after they were first implemented.
• The bishop, or a committee appointed by him, evaluates the alleged supernatural phenomenon.
• Positive aspects include reports of physical healings and religious conversions, or a general deepening of faith among Catholics.
• Although belief in the messages endures among a small number of Catholics, the local bishop deemed the apparitions not credible.

Searching for meaning

• The Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis seems to be searching for proof of supernatural signs, which certainly draw intellectual curiosity and media attention.
• In spite of her physical condition, pilgrims who came to see her believed that she was praying for them.
• In my writings about the case of Santo, I was definitely tempted to focus on talk of the supernatural.

• LONDON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recorded nearly six decades ago by British actress, musician, and award winning illustrator Gillian Hills, the 1965 French pop hit "Zou Bisou Bisou" has resurfaced as a Tik Tok chart topper.
• Hills' recording has just surpassed the one million mark of individuals who have posted videos on the streaming service using that recording as the soundtrack.
• From there, its popularity grew and both Madonna and Latin pop star Camila Cabello have since used it on Tik Tok this year sending it viral .
• To coincide with the release of Lili, Hills has issued her own four-part podcast entitled: Gillian Hills- A Life in Art, Film & Music.