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Daily Mirror
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Commuter 'wants to throw up' after spotting what woman is wearing on feet
A woman has sparked a debate after sharing a video of a stranger's shoes - saying they're 'not acceptable on public transport' and they're going to make her 'throw up' Everyone has their own unique sense of style - but some people just don't understand their 'vibe'. But one commuter believes a woman went too far with street fashion when she wore toe shoes on the tube when travelling around London. Pairing the outfit with blue wash jeans, she innocently sat cross-legged on her seat unknowingly 'offending' those around her with her choice in footwear. In a TikTok video, Feri, who is known as @feriliketheboat on social media, shared a clip of the stranger's shoes while saying: "No, this is not acceptable on public transport. Oh my God, they're your toes. Oh, I'm going to throw up. No, get them off." She later came to learn the shoes are from Vibram Five Fingers UK, who design and create shoes for barefoot running enthusiasts. A statement on their website reads: "Vibram FiveFingers were designed and created by the barefoot running enthusiast Robert Fliri and Marco Bramani the CEO and proprietor of Vibram worldwide in 2006. "This unique style of footwear immediately became popular with those who wanted the barefoot minimalist experience as well as protection and grip, without compromising sensory ground feedback. "The release of the best selling book ''Born to Run' by Christopher Macdougall in 2009 catapulted Vibram FiveFingers into the running world 's consciousness. "The book describes the ultra-race between the Tarahumara tribe of Mexican Indians and the elite of the western world's runners, the most famous of which was 'Barefoot' Ted Macdonald who famously competed in Vibram FiveFingers. "Since then Vibram FiveFingers has extended their appeal beyond the running world. There are different styles of Vibram FiveFingers for every activity: training, martial arts, weight lifting, hiking, water sports and much more – just select the pair for you." Even though the footwear was off-putting to the commuter, others didn't see anything wrong with it. They urged the TikToker to let people wear what they want. Commenting on the TikTok video, one user said: "Barefoot shoes are awesome, really good for strengthening your feet and super comfortable. As a runner I wear mine a lot, not that brand though." Another user added: "But I bet you wear flip flops." A third user said: "Funny how people have been brainwashed to think these are bad icky. They are one of the best shoes to support your natural foot position. Look at how these shoes we've designed are changing the structure of feet over time." One more user added: "How is this worse than flipflops?" Another user added: "Why everyone so judgy? The world is a better place if everyone is different and individual rather than all the same." A final user said: "These a barefoot shoes and are meant to be healthy for your feet. Though there are other barefoot shoes that are not toe shoes like Saguaro and Hobibear, Frodo Barefoot and many others."
New Indian Express
29-04-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Five pivotal moments in Pope Francis' relations with Native communities in the Americas
Here are five pivotal moments in Pope Francis' relations with Native communities. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9, 2015 At a world summit of activists against social inequality, Francis asked 'forgiveness, not only for the offenses of the church herself, but also for crimes committed against the Native peoples during the so-called conquest of America.' Going off script, he added that many priests 'strongly opposed the logic of the sword with the power of the cross.' But, he acknowledged, 'we never apologized, so I now ask for forgiveness.' Washington, Sept. 23, 2015 Before a sunbaked crowd outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in his only U.S. visit, Francis officially declared the 18th-century missionary priest Junipero Serra to be a saint. Serra 'was the embodiment of a church which goes forth, a church which sets out to bring everywhere the reconciling tenderness of God,' Francis said. But some Native activists denounced the decision. They said Serra was a prime culprit in church complicity with destructive colonization and that California's Native people suffered mistreatment and devastating disease outbreaks in the series of missions he founded. San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, Feb. 15, 2016 Francis celebrated a Mass for Mexican Indians that featured readings in the Native languages of Chiapas, a traditional dance of prayer and other blending of Catholicism and Indigenous culture. 'Long live the pope of the poor!' the crowd chanted. Francis presented an official Vatican decree approving another Native language to be used at Mass. Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022 Francis traveled to a Cree community in the Canadian province of Alberta to deliver a long-sought apology for Catholic complicity in the 19th- and 20th-century residential school system for Canada's Indigenous population of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. 'Although Christian charity was not absent,' he said, the overall effect was 'catastrophic.' Vatican City, March 30, 2023 Building on years of appeals from Native people to Francis, the Vatican formally repudiated the 'Doctrine of Discovery,' the legal theories backed by 15th-century papal bulls decrees that legitimized colonial-era seizure of Native lands by Spain and Portugal and that form the basis of some property laws today in the United States. The Vatican said the decrees, or papal bulls, 'did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples' and have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith. Critics said the pope failed to take a needed step — to rescind the papal bulls.
Associated Press
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Five pivotal moments in Pope Francis' relations with Native communities in the Americas
Here are five pivotal moments in Pope Francis' relations with Native communities. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9, 2015 At a world summit of activists against social inequality, Francis asked 'forgiveness, not only for the offenses of the church herself, but also for crimes committed against the Native peoples during the so-called conquest of America.' Going off script, he added that many priests 'strongly opposed the logic of the sword with the power of the cross.' But, he acknowledged, 'we never apologized, so I now ask for forgiveness.' Washington, Sept. 23, 2015 Before a sunbaked crowd outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in his only U.S. visit, Francis officially declared the 18th-century missionary priest Junipero Serra to be a saint. Serra 'was the embodiment of a church which goes forth, a church which sets out to bring everywhere the reconciling tenderness of God,' Francis said. But some Native activists denounced the decision. They said Serra was a prime culprit in church complicity with destructive colonization and that California's Native people suffered mistreatment and devastating disease outbreaks in the series of missions he founded. San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, Feb. 15, 2016 Francis celebrated a Mass for Mexican Indians that featured readings in the Native languages of Chiapas, a traditional dance of prayer and other blending of Catholicism and Indigenous culture. 'Long live the pope of the poor!' the crowd chanted. Francis presented an official Vatican decree approving another Native language to be used at Mass. Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022 Francis traveled to a Cree community in the Canadian province of Alberta to deliver a long-sought apology for Catholic complicity in the 19th- and 20th-century residential school system for Canada's Indigenous population of First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. 'Although Christian charity was not absent,' he said, the overall effect was 'catastrophic.' Vatican City, March 30, 2023 Building on years of appeals from Native people to Francis, the Vatican formally repudiated the 'Doctrine of Discovery,' the legal theories backed by 15th-century papal bulls decrees that legitimized colonial-era seizure of Native lands by Spain and Portugal and that form the basis of some property laws today in the United States. The Vatican said the decrees, or papal bulls, 'did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples' and have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith. Critics said the pope failed to take a needed step — to rescind the papal bulls. ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
