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Father Blogger: meet some priests who blog
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deacon greg kandra
The Georgia Bulletin has picked up on a growing phenomenon: priests who blog. The paper has turned the spotlight on a couple local clergy — including one FOB (Friend of the Bench)— who are staying connected with the faithful through their trusty laptops. Read on: In June Father Victor Galier was away in Japan for…
Can we talk? How one man went from writing for Joan Rivers to being a priest
By
deacon greg kandra
I finally got my print edition of the National Catholic Register this week, and this story jumped off the page: a one-of-a-kind vocation story that proves, once again, that God does indeed have a sense of humor. Take a look: Joan Rivers kept asking Bill Quinlivan when he was going to be ordained. Yes, that…
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…
A culinary star whose recipes are second to nun
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deacon greg kandra
The culinary world has a new star — and it’s not someone on the Food Network. Take a look: Emerging from the quiet of her convent, Sister Anastazja Pustelnik was confronted by a jarring image — her smiling face on posters plastered around town to hawk the cookbooks that have made the 59-year-old nun one…
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