{"id":160,"date":"2008-08-07T16:45:12","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T16:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/catholic-church-gets-bouncy.html"},"modified":"2008-08-07T16:45:12","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T16:45:12","slug":"catholic-church-gets-bouncy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/catholic-church-gets-bouncy.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic church gets bouncy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer, it’s not just Christian rock music fans who get a chance to meet Jesus at an outdoor party or festival. Reuters reports that Italian Catholic nuns and priests <\/a>are heading to the beach with an inflatable church.
\nThe inflatable church makes it debut this Saturday on the Adriatic coast in the Molise region, after last month’s attempt to set up in Sardinia failed due to high winds.
\nThe 98-foot long “beach convent” will be staffed by priests ready to take confession, and there will be music and “night time activities'”
\nMusic, teaching, bounce house, and God – sounds like a Christian festival to me.
\nBut will they have merch tents?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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