Sunday Audio: Vatican Unveils 'Holy Grail' of Lightning Prevention for Yachts

Father Lazlo Totharini, director of the OMV, explains how Barbara’s Chalice prevents lightning from striking boats. “It just works,” he said. “Just believe it. This is the Holy Grail of lightning protection.”

Saint Barbara demonstrates the new compact, lightweight Chalice air-terminal for recreational vessels.

With Apologies to Don Novello

Father Lazlo Totharini is a composite character, a conflation of Guido Sarducci, a hilarious “Saturday Night Live” character and Lazlo Toth, the equally hilarious pseudo-author of “The Lazlo Letters.” Both are creations of comedian Don Novello, who was famously arrested at the Vatican in 1981 for “impersonating a priest.”

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