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more about #catholics TheGuvnah: People are effing stupid. more » Rare Affinity: If I had found the money I would have kept it and told the woman: " Tough luck lady. Didn’t you know the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away again?" more » winner: Hail Mary, full of grace, my coins are with thee, trusted art thou with my life's savings, and blessed is this pile of leave under which it is hidden.... more » CurtCole: Don't try this with the wishing fountain at your local Chinese restaurant. more » She Laughs: This is my neighborhood. It looked like the set of the Sopranos exploded on my block. But the smell of the sausage and peppers was soooo seductive. more » CurtCole: If they're going to stuff dollars in things, wouldn't this be a better bet? more » CurtCole: I totally read "Gigolo" instead of "Giglio" at first and all I could think was, "So did Antonio pimp out the Christ Child? more » lizdexia: Is this an east coast thing? A NYC thing? An Italian thing? This midwestern Catholic had never seen statues paraded around until moving out east, a... more » wtfox?!: I know, lady, guys with ventriloquist dummies weird me out too. more » NefariousNewt: Apparently the ladies like Saint Antonio's dance. more » Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Hortense, did you write this post for me? It seems every time I come on Jez, I find myself defending my Catholic Atheist views, and it seems that the ... more » saintbernadette: Hortense, thanks so much for writing this! It's nice to get conversations like this out in the open, especially on lazy Sunday afternoons. I wish I'd ... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: Hello, are you me? Could have written this and meant every word. Except we're French-Canadian Catholics. In New England, there are the French churches... more » linnyt is a walking cliché: My mom and I were talking the other day about religion. She was kind of raised catholic and has struggled with religion her whole life. She wanted to ... more » Hooplehead: I grew up Catholic but left it behind a long time ago. It was too hard to try to conform myself to an institution with values so diametrically oppose... more » Shamrockette: I was raised a Catholic, but I don't have the Catholic guilt at all. Does that mean I'm not a Catholic? more » electrogeek77: Sorry to sound callous, but how is this different from anyone else that identifies with a religion but feels like they're on the fringe? Why just focu... more » la.donna.pietra: This book may either detract or add from the conversation. Either way, it is hilarious: [www.amazon.com] more » Rosaxé: THANKS! I'm Catholic and Mexican and I definitely don't agree with everything the Church says, but Catholicism is such a part of Mexican culture (even... more » lalaland13: OK, I am not Catholic, but in my very limited experience, Catholic funerals are better than conservative Protestant ones. I grew up the latter, and th... more » -
#catholicgild
Coin Toss
A Maryland woman left $40,000 worth of rare coins - her life savings - at a Catholic shrine because she wanted the Virgin Mary to look after it while she was out of town. It worked. [NYDailyNews] -
#cripesalmighty
The Shifting Identity Of American Catholics
Often enough, when we post something about the Pope, or Catholicism in general, the comments tend to split down the center, with Catholic commenters and non-Catholic commenters challenging each other on what the religion means. More » -
