The spirit of Christmas did not deter a thief from taking about $8,000 and checks from a New Jersey church. Police and church officials say a collection basket was placed at the altar of the Church of the Guardian Angels while Monsignor James Moran went to the front door to chat with parishioners.

The Kingdom Life Christian Church wants to evict its Adult Video store tenant. The church bought the building in 2003 for $245,000 in an effort to force Video Pleasures to close. But owner Michael Friend remained in the building by exercising a three-year lease agreement he had with the previous owners.

A British supermarket is attempting to spice up the lunch hour by selling a musical sandwich. Similar to greeting cards, customers will hear music when they open the top of the sandwich box. The first batch of sandwiches will play Christmas tunes such as Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, reports Reuters

A new 2006 calender is naughty, but the faithful may not find it nice. A German Protestant youth compiled the calender using 12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including a topless Delilah cutting Samson's hair and a naked Eve offering an apple, reports Reuters.

True believers are flocking to the Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs Church in Sacramento, where red liquid is apparently dripping from the left eye of a statue of the Virgin Mary. Crowds of pilgrims are filing in by the hundreds, carrying cameras, flowers and candles. Many pray for blessings, like Bao and Amber Tran, who brought their newborn son.