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This is really scary

“The Holy See has warned that parents should not allow their children to dress up as ghosts and ghouls on Saturday, calling Hallowe’en a pagan celebration of “terror, fear and death”.

The Roman Catholic Church has become alarmed in recent years by the spread of Hallowe’en traditions from the US to other countries around the world.

Telegraph.UK via NPR

As in Britain, it is only in recent years that Italian children have dressed up in costumes, played trick or treat on their neighbours and made lanterns out of hollowed out pumpkins.

The Vatican issued the warning through its official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, in an article headlined “Hallowe’en’s Dangerous Messages”.

The paper quoted a liturgical expert, Joan Maria Canals, who said: “Hallowe’en has an undercurrent of occultism and is absolutely anti-Christian.”

Dear Pope:

For Halloween, Jesus wants me to go as your mitre.

I am tall and shapely and pointy and dancing around the top of your head, trying my best not to blow off in these sudden, gale force winds.  How do I do it?

Truly, Jesus does not.  NB: He also says He’s totally cool with evolution!

Love,

Aaron (the Catholic)

PS what did you think of The DaVinci Code?  Everyone else seems to hate it, LOL!

i love how quickly catholics forget that halloween actually has christian roots, as well.