Bishops Boil Holy Water to Protect Fish

Yahoo! News ^ | Thu Jul 3, 7:45 AM ET | Reuters

[yonif]

OSLO (Reuters) - European church leaders boiled holy water for a riverside ceremony in Norway this week because local officials feared it might otherwise kill fish when poured into the river.

"The danger was probably small but we had to be cautious about pouring water brought from around Europe into a salmon river," Johan Aurstad, senior advisor at the Norwegian Animal Health Authority, told Reuters Thursday.

A gathering of 126 bishops and other Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders in the Norwegian city of Trondheim boiled flasks of holy water for 10 minutes to kill any bacteria before pouring it into the Nidaros River Wednesday.

The delegates, at the Conference of European Churches, each brought about 0.1 liters of water from countries ranging from Greece to Estonia for the ceremony to symbolize unity.

"The water was of a type used for baptisms so you have to assume it was drinking water quality. But we had to be cautious," Aurstad said.

[yonif]

PETA must be proud.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Just what makes holy water, holy? Does it come from a specific source?

[sticker]

What did they use to fuel the fire and how deeply did they inhale?

[bedolido]

The only difference between holy water and regular water is one has been blessed by the priest. No one had a bottle of Aquavina (sp)?

[4mycountry]

>>>Just what makes holy water, holy?

It becomes holy when you boil the h*ll out of it.

[bedolido]

>>>Just what makes holy water, holy? It becomes holy when you boil the h*ll out of it.

...lol... sorta true... the Priest has to bless it ---then they can boil the H$LL out of it.

[rontorr]

so, if the water is supposed to be holy, and blessed, how can anyone worry about the fish suffering from bacteria, unless they don't believe, which makes it blasphemy to allow it to be poured in, in the first place. for anything of Faith to do anything but comdemn you, you must first BELIEVE!!

[bedolido]

In a pinch... urine can be used. but it has to priestly urine. Can't be from the "cloven" hoof family. You can use urine from a bull... but that can be dangerous.

[cksharks]

Just shaking my head in amazement!

[StriperSniper]

if the water is supposed to be holy, and blessed, how can anyone worry about the fish suffering from bacteria,

Why would a blessing kill some of God's tiny creatures?

[headsonpikes]

That's what my Presbyterian granny told me!

[rontorr]

Why would a blessing kill some of God's tiny creatures...



that was my point, not well stated

[Lion Den Dan]

Way to go. Boil Hell out of it.