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Saintly Sex: Thank God!
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David Gibson
When Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin, devout Catholics both, got married in 1858, they didn’t have sex. Nope. Not for 10 long months, until Zélie (God bless her) dragged her new husband to an old priest who straightened him out on the church’s view on holy sex and the sanctity of procreation. Good thing. Zélie…
Saint Sean’s first miracle?
By
David Gibson
The Red Sox stunned the Rays with an amazing 8-7 comeback win last night! Joy in Beantown! Faith at Fenway! Read the Globe coverage here. But was it perhaps something else that forestalled a renascent Curse? Such as this man, the Cardinal-Archbishop of Boston, Sean O’Malley? Yes, there has been a sighting, as The Globe’s…
LOL: The Al Smith Dinner and Post-Partisanship
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David Gibson
Check out coverage of last night’s Al Smith Dinner at “Progressive Revival” including links to video and transcripts. Samples: McCAIN: “Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats, I can’t shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me…I’m delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary,” he added, nodding to Senator Clinton.…
106-year-old nun for Obama!
By
David Gibson
Okay, the Nigerian archbishop was one thing. But when a centenarian sister who has voted just once before in her life–in 1952–is sending in her absentee ballot from Rome to New Hampshire to vote for Obama, well, something’s going on. Read this lovely feature from CNS on U.S. Sister Cecilia Gaudette, a member of the…
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