Rosio Pavoris

South Africa, arguably the least pathetic of the African nations, has a new prophet: 17-year-old Francesca Zackey.
She was in the news a few weeks ago because she claimed to have visions of the Virgin Mary (which is surprisingly common, as far as cries for attention among young girls go), and rather than being turned over to a psychiatrist, she’s been visited by hundreds of idiots believers, because clearly she’s magic.
So now she’s been telling people that if they want to see the Virgin Mary themselves, they should stare into the sun.

Guess what happened.

Zackey reportedly advised a Gauteng woman, Amal Nassif (37), earlier to look at the sun, and if she had faith, the Virgin Mary would appear.

Nassif stared at the sun for about a minute and lost her sight.

“I can’t seen anything. There is a large dark blind spot,” she was quoted as saying.

It’s just like Jesus, except the other way around!

Apparently the Catholic Church (well, the South African Council of Churches, which goes by a delightful acronym) has paid her a visit as well, and ordered her to stop talking to people while they’re “investigating” her “visions”.
Maybe they’re afraid her blindness-striking powers mean she’s the Antichrist.

(Via Pharyngula.)