Holy Water Seized by Airport Security

Even holy water must be in a 3-ounce container sealed in a 1-quart plastic bag. Catholic pilgrims on the recently inaugurated Mistral Air found this rule out the hard way, when vials of holy water collected at Lourdes were taken by airport security. The company’s president admitted that international regulations have to be respected.

However, unlike other airlines we’ve written about recently, Mistral Air took care of their passengers. The airline left small Madonna-shaped bottles full of holy water on every seat for when the 145 pilgrims came back on board.

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