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For soccer fans in the United States and in Europe the word ‘ tifo ’ is a familiar one. It is used to describe the vast displays of flags and banners created by supporters to pay tribute to their player, their team or their city. The name comes from the Italian word ‘ tifosi ’, which literally translates to ‘ those infected with typhus ’. It references the frenzied, irrational nature of soccer fandom in Italy, but it could be applied more specifically to those die-hard supporters willing to spend hundreds of hours to produce the stunning works of sporting art. "We are Groot" 😤@AustinFC supporters with the Guardians of the Galaxy tifo. pic.twitter.com/SfIea1mx2N — Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 21, 2023 Ryan Bross is the President of Philadelphia Union supporters group Sons of Ben and takes an active role in the tifo creation process. Likewise Chris Zimmermann of St. Louis City Punks has spent hundreds of hours producing tifos in the club’s inaugural season. As p...

Hundreds of people visited a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019 Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it's a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was exhumed in April, according to a statement from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Gower, Missouri. The nuns had been preparing for the addition of a St. Joseph shrine, and that involved “the reinterment of the remains of our beloved foundress, Sister Wilhelmina,” the statement said. When they exhumed Lancaster, they were told to expect only bones, since she had been buried in a simple wooden coffin without any embalming four years ago. Instead, they discovered an intact body and “a perfectly preserved religious habit," the statement said. ...