Vatican

…and it’s easy to lose you perpective of Loss Ness
We remind everyone to sign up for SkepKon in Frankfurt 18-20 May. In TWISH we revisit the story of “the Surgeon’s photograph”, which was supposed to convince us that the Loch Ness monster was a thing. The pope gets a poking for supporting exorcism which is in the news due to Russell Crowe‘s latest Hollywood venture, “The Pope’s Exorcist” – the Vatican is not amused… Then we have a look into the news:

• Vatican: New observatory created to investigate possible apparitions of the Virgin Mary
• Italy: Madonna of Trevignano Romano – the miracle statue with tears of blood
• Germany: Acupuncture as new homeopathy? Podcast episode with Udo Endruscheit and Natalie Grams
• Hungary: List of Flat Earth Awards finalists sparks debates
• Germany: Dangerous nonsense healing
• Sweden: The new nationwide census is not a census

The Vienna Medical Association has lost its mind and want their doctors to get into nonsense homeopathy. That earns them a Really Wrong Award.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:51 GREETINGS

• Send in your contributions for “Word of the Week” and “Who’s Quacking?”!
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• Come to SkepKon!
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/10/janos-hegedues-bei-der-skepkon-treffen-wir-uns/

0:06:11 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 19 April 1934: The “Surgeon’s Photograph”
  • YLE: http://hoaxes.org/photo_database/image/the_surgeons_photo/

0:12:36 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• The Pope’s Exorcist – Russell Crowe goes da Vinci and the Vatican is not happy about it
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/10/exorcists-denounce-the-popes-exorcist-with-russell-crowe

0:17:14 NEWS

• Vatican: New observatory created to investigate possible apparitions of the Virgin Mary
  • EWTN Vatican: https://www.ewtnvatican.com/articles/vatican-creates-observatory-to-study-possible-apparitions-of-virgin-mary-856
• Italy: Madonna of Trevignano Romano – the miracle statue with tears of blood
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/04/bleeding-madonna-miracle-of-the-gnocchi-and-007-priests-create-italian-sensation
• Germany: Acupuncture as new homeopathy? Podcast episode with Udo Endruscheit and Natalie Grams
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/14/die-neue-homoeopathie-akupunktur-im-podcast-grams-sprechstunde-und-im-skeptiker/
• Hungary: List of Flat Earth Awards finalists sparks debates
  • 24.hu: https://24.hu/tudomany/2023/04/18/laposfold-dij-jeloltek-2023-szkeptikus-tarsasag-sebestyen-balazs/
• Germany: Dangerous nonsense healing
  • GWUP: https://blog.gwup.net/2023/04/18/lebensgefaehrlicher-unsinn-diagnostik-und-therapie-mit-wuenschelrute-und-pendel/
• Sweden: The new nationwide census is not a census
  • Omni: https://omni.se/darfor-vill-regeringen-veta-var-du-bor/a/3ExLvq

0:40:14 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Vienna Medical Association invites all MD to a course in “Complementory Homeopathy”
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2023/04/has-the-vienna-medical-association-taken-leave-of-its-senses/

0:42:38 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Fortune favours the prepared mind.”
/ Louis Pasteur (27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895), French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization. /

0:44:09 OUTRO

0:45:24 OUT-TAKES