Odd News Roundup: Dead rats stuffed with drugs; papal ring and more

Following is a summary of current odd news briefs.

To kiss pope's hand - or not - enters the Catholic culture wars

To kiss the ring on the pope's hand or not to - that is the question. On Monday, when Pope Francis visited a Catholic shrine in Loreto, he repeatedly withdrew his right hand as a long line of people bowed and tried to kiss the ring on it.

UK prison guards smell a rat and find rodents stuffed with drugs

Suspected organized criminals have been stuffing the bodies of dead rats with drugs, phones and cash and throwing them over the walls of a British prison to get contraband to inmates, the government said on Monday. Guards at Guys Marsh prison in Dorset, southwest England, grew suspicious when they found the bodies of three rats with long stitches along their stomachs, officials said.