Christians in Cumbria, England, are asking the Roman Catholic archbishop of Glasgow to exorcise a stone cursed in 1520 by one of his predecessors.
Some Anglicans, including vicar Kevin Davies, believe the stone may even be responsible for local outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.
"This stone invokes evil on people and as such we should not take it lightly," he said, calling it "a lethal weapon."
Meanwhile, media reports circulated that the Anglican bishop of Oxford had been called in to exorcise the local soccer stadium after the team experienced a series of losses. (A gypsy curse was blamed.)
Bishop Richard Harries downplayed the reports, telling the BBC, "It was a serious prayer for God to bless the ground, including that [it] might be freed from evil."
While we pray for peace, we need moral clarity about this war.
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