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Old 04-19-2008, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim View Post
I saw the end of the mass at St. Patrick's earlier today. Nuns and others were jumping out into the aisle and trying to touch him the way some would try to do with their favorite rock star or sports idol. Security kept knocking them back.
Indeed... I suspect a touch of his robe is deemed to remit some portion of their purgatory sentences....
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