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The naked novice: nun sues ex-boyfriend over revealing Facebook pics
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deacon greg kandra
Another sign of the times. You can’t make this stuff up: A novice nun is suing her ex-boyfriend in Italy after he uploaded pictures of her naked on Facebook. The 31-year-old woman who lives in Turin said she was devastated when she saw the pictures, taken in summer 2006 during a holiday in Sicily, on…
You deserve a break today: Happy Birthday, Happy Meal
By
deacon greg kandra
Everyone is getting all excited about the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. How about the 30th birthday of the Happy Meal? The kids’ meal was first introduced nationally in 1979 with a Circus Wagon Train theme and tried to attract younger customers with a McDoodler stencil, puzzle lock, McWrist wallet, ID bracelet, spinning tops…
Oregon’s fashion police (religious division)
By
deacon greg kandra
I’m not sure what implications this might have for Catholics, but it’s a disturbing prospect nonetheless: Should your child’s teacher wear a turban, a hijab, a kippah or other “religious dress’? The state of Oregon doesn’t think so. The Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, now awaiting the governor’s signature, requires all employers to let workers…
An Astronaut’s Prayer
By
deacon greg kandra
Father, thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight.Thank you for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be up in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created. Help guide and direct all of us that we may shape our lives to be…
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