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    AmP Countdown: Time left to demand that Congress make health care reform pro-life: 2009-11-07 18:00:00 GMT-05:00


    Sunday, November 15, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 11/13/09

    Wednesday, November 11, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 11/11/09

    "Hey! D'ya mind, God? It's kind of hard to co-consecrate in a downpour!"

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Tuesday, November 10, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 11/10/09

    Monday, November 09, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 11/09/09

    {It promises to be a very busy Monday morning for me, so until I have a chance to catch up on the news again, please participate in a particularly fun photo caption call!}

    {Add your humorous caption in the comment box!}

    View the last Photo Caption Call here. Submit new photos for AmP photo caption call to my email!

    [Photo source: AmP Reader Jay]

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    Friday, November 06, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 11/06/09

    Wednesday, November 04, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 11/04/09

    {Add your humorous caption in the comment box!}

    View the last Photo Caption Call here. Submit new photos for AmP photo caption call to my email!

    [Photo source: LIFE archive, via AmP Reader Tom]

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    Tuesday, November 03, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 11/03/09

    Monday, November 02, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 11/02/09

    Friday, October 30, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 10/30/09

    {Even if you don't have a caption, you can rate your favorite captions (submitted by others) in the comment box.

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    [Photo source: A resident in New York state, who actually snapped this photo while driving.]

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    Thursday, October 29, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/29/09

    Tuesday, October 27, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/27/09

    (You may be fine, but doctrinal dissenters and liturgical innovators are terrified!)

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Monday, October 26, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/26/09

    Before the Christmas rush, Pope Benedict offers a sneak peak of the official "Naughty & Nice" list, for those looking to improve their ranking.

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Friday, October 23, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/23/09

    Thursday, October 22, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/22/09

    Cardinal Levada, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and world-champion darts player, contemplates his next throw.

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Wednesday, October 21, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/21/09

    "Aw Shucks! They promised me I could excommunicate someone today."
    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Tuesday, October 20, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/20/09

    Monday, October 19, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/19/09

    "Tonight at the Vatican: Sonata for three pianos and alien monster."

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Sunday, October 18, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/18/09

    "My apologies, your holiness, the artist was rushed you see...."

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Friday, October 16, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/16/09

    Wednesday, October 14, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/14/09

    Tuesday, October 13, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 03/13/09

    Saturday, October 10, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/10/09


    Oh great, another book - not like I have enough of those already....
    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Wednesday, October 07, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/07/09

    Guess who didn't get the liturgical color memo?
    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Tuesday, October 06, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/06/09


    Even bishops have been known to use too much starch.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Monday, October 05, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/05/09

    These altar boys are so well trained, there actually isn't a bench underneath them.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Friday, October 02, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/02/09

    Vatican efforts to reduce incense emissions have proven largely unsuccessful.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Thursday, October 01, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 10/01/09

    Saturday, September 26, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/26/09

    Friday, September 25, 2009

    Hilarious: Dan Brown's 20 worst sentences

    I've never read a Dan Brown book, but my friends claim that his novels are not very well written, and after reading this list of howlers, I can see what they mean! A sample:
    10. The Da Vinci Code, chapter 4: Five months ago, the kaleidoscope of power had been shaken, and Aringarosa was still reeling from the blow.

    (Did they hit him with the kaleidoscope?)
    And that's a fairly merciful example.

    Now - please - let's not have any top 20 lists of AmP gaffes appearing!

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    Friday off-beat Video: Cosmic Conflict

    I can't believe this is real:



    Well - it's real.

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    Wednesday, September 23, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/24/09

    "Insiders note it is becoming increasingly difficult to hide the pope's hobbies."

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Monday, September 21, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/21/09

    "Oh, so now you want to see shadow puppets, is that it?!"

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Friday, September 18, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 09/18/09

    {Even if you don't have a caption, you can rate your favorite captions (submitted by others) in the comment box.

    View the last Photo Caption Call here. Submit new photos for AmP photo caption call to my email!

    [Photo: Mike Crupi Photography]

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    Thursday, September 17, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/17/09

    Pope Benedict searches for his ego.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Wednesday, September 16, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/16/09

    A pilgrim visually expresses his support for Pope Saint Pius V.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Tuesday, September 15, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/15/09

    Sunday, September 13, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/13/09

    And you thought the music at your Mass was annoying.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Wednesday, September 09, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/09/09

    AmP topics:

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    Tuesday, September 08, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 09/08/09

    (I've bumped this post farther up so more folks can enter a caption!)

    Even if you don't have a caption, you can rate your favorite captions (submitted by others) in the comment box.

    View the last Photo Caption Call here. Submit new photos for AmP photo caption call to my email!

    [Photo: Unicorns Are Magical]

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    Wednesday, September 02, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/02/09

    "Knock-knock."
    "Who's there?"
    "Orange."
    "Orange who?"
    "Orange you glad you get to see the pope?!"
    (Sorry folks, I've got nothing. It's time for the pope to come back to Rome!)

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Tuesday, September 01, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 09/01/09

    Wednesday, August 26, 2009

    Papist PIcture of the Day - 08/26/09

    "Whoa! If I wasn't the pope I'd say I couldn't believe my eyes!"

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Tuesday, August 25, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 8/25/09

    New technology allows you to see reality the way a papist does. ;-)

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Monday, August 24, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/24/09

    In the early-morning rush to see the pope, guess who grabbed the wrong handbag.

    [Photo: AP Photo]

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    Friday, August 21, 2009

    Map: Where The Sinners Are

    These maps are tongue-in-cheek, and I found them amusing:
    Geographers from Kansas State University map the spatial distribution of the seven deadly sins in the United States. These types of maps are always kind of iffy as they draw from data from various sources gathered with different methods and usually use some kind of researcher-defined metric. Still interesting though... right?

    Red equals more sinful and blue equals less sinful. Democrat progaganda, I wonder? ;-)

    The Catholic News Service, that venerable organization, actually wrote an article on this.

    The areas of higher-sin-per-capita make perfect sense to me. Hollywood is in Los Angelas, Materialism is in New York, Liberals are in Seattle, gay parades are in San Francisco, Protestants are in the South, and hockey is in Michigan! :-P

    Where is your favorite sin?

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    Thursday, August 20, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/20/09

    Wednesday, August 19, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/19/09

    Least involved papal meeting in history.

    [Photo: Reuters]

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    Tuesday, August 18, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 08/18/09


    Even if you don't have a caption, you can rate your favorite captions (submitted by others) in the comment box.

    View the last Photo Caption Call here. Submit new photos for AmP photo caption call to my email!

    [Photo: St. Joe Kid]

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    Monday, August 17, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/17/09

    Today/yesterday's topics:

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    Friday, August 14, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 8/14/09

    Today/yesterday's topics:

    Even if you don't have a caption, you can rate your favorite captions (submitted by others) in the comment box.

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    [Photo: St. Louis Youth]

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    Duh: PP President Cecile Richards in cozy with Obama

    Barack and Cecile sitting in a tree, P-L-O-T-T-I-N-G. Seriously!

    Barack and Cecile, you see, are buddies - they are, like, total BFFs (that means Best Friends Forever, if you're over 30).

    Barack Obama is the President of the United States, and Cecile Richards is the president of Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the United States. So they have a lot in common. They're both really important. Barack likes Cecile so much he puts his arm around her, which he doesn't do for many people. Cecile likes Barack and gets to wear his cute baby-doll rhinestone "Obama" t-shirts.

    Barack invites Cecile over to the White House a lot. Like, more than once. They pretty much get to hang out and stuff all the time. It's kind of sick how much fun they get to have.

    Cecile even gets to twitter little things like this afterwards:

    "Just left the White House meeting on women's health care - they appreciate all the might(y) pp [planned parenthood] supporters speaking up for reform in the states!"

    Cecile and Barack are cool like that. He really appreciates her. She said so. They both really want health care reform. They're really smart. I'm pretty sure Cecile is on Barack's Fave Five.

    Cecile gets to heart Obama on Facebook, telling all her friends important stuff like this:
    "Women need affordable health care that covers OUR needs ... Geez, we represent more than half the population here!"
    Yeah Cecile, like duh.

    Some folks totally make stuff up about them, like, that Cecile and Barack are such good friends because they do business together. Like how Planned Parenthood and all their supporters gave lots of cash to Obama and campaigned for him and stuff, and how he's all, like, giving them lots of money to Planned Parenthood whenever he can now that he won and gets to be a President, too.

    But, I mean, can't friends help each other out?

    Oh, and most the people who say that kind of stuff are just crazy pro-lifers who are jealous they aren't Barack's friends. Well - *news flash*, people - Barack can pick his own friends, and he decided to pick Cecile. So deal. Maybe if you tried changing and were cooler you could be his friend, too. So hey, try working on that. Okay bye.

    (Oh those photos at the top? Yeeaah ... I didn't take them. Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood did. My bad!)

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    Tuesday, August 11, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/12/09


    The pope's version of channel surfing.

    [source: Reuters]

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    Monday, August 10, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/10/09


    "Little help? Someone toss me a water up here!"

    [source: Reuters]

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    Friday, August 07, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/07/09

    Wednesday, August 05, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 08/05/09

    -Papist Game Show-

    "And for your penance I see you've chosen option #3: What's in this box!"

    [source: Reuters]

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    Video: Cardinal Fail



    Cardinals aren't infallible. ;-)

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    Tuesday, August 04, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 8/4/09

    Popes don't pull off disguises very well.

    [source: Reuters]

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    Monday, August 03, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 8/3/09

    Go to confession in August and receive a limited-edition huggable plush toy!

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Saturday, August 01, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 8/1/09

    "Live long and prosper."

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Friday, July 31, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 7/31/09

    "Your Holiness, do you know a good prayer for escaping quicksand?"

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Thursday, July 30, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 7/30/09

    After the pope's fall, the Vatican decided to add some precautionary steps to his bedtime routine.

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Wednesday, July 29, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 7/28/09


    Clearly the photographer was more interested in the right side of the shot.

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Pope: "My own guardian angel did not prevent my injury, certainly following superior orders"

    Pope Benedict reflected today on the lessons he could learn from his recent tumble - and about the agency of his guardian angel. 

    It's not hard to imagine the grin on his face that must have accompanied these words:
    Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that his "guardian angel" let him down when he fell and broke his wrist earlier this month, but that the angel was clearly acting "on superior orders."

    The pope thanked law enforcement officials for being "like angels," as he prepared to depart Les Combes, the Alpine resort where he tripped and injured his wrist 10 days ago while on vacation.

    "Unfortunately, my own guardian angel did not prevent my injury, certainly following superior orders," Benedict said.

    "Perhaps the Lord wanted to teach me more patience and humility, give me more time for prayer and meditation," the pope added.

    Benedict leaves Les Combes, near the French border, later Wednesday to spend the rest of the summer in Castel Gandolfo, a papal retreat near Rome. (AP)
    We should keep the pope in our close prayers. It's no fun to have a sprained wrist at 82.

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    Tuesday, July 28, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 7/28/09



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    [Photo: St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church]

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    Monday, July 27, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day 7/27/09

    Sunday, July 26, 2009

    Video: Colbert on WristStrong for the Pope

    Video via Comedy Central, commentary via US Catholic:
    Oh, Stephen.

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    Friday, July 24, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/24/09

    "Hopefully we can avoid the Google Earth fly-over here!"

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Friday offbeat video: Liturgical Dance Wedding



    I guess traditions are different in Minnesota.

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    Thursday, July 23, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 7/23/09



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    [Photo: Fiji World News.]

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    Wednesday, July 22, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/22/09

    Tuesday, July 21, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/21/09

    Monday, July 20, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/20/09

    The Papist Mount Rushmore is a bit more humble.

    [source: Reuters]

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    Friday, July 17, 2009

    Offbeat: Why Catholics need to eat fish on Friday - because they are trying to eat us.

    For generations, fish knew their rightful place in God's creation because faithful Catholics observed the tradition of eating them en masse every Friday.

    Sure, the idea was to offer up the pleasures of eating meat as a penance one day out of the week, but frankly, those faithful Catholics still ate mammals six days out of the week. 

    So really, there could be no doubt in those tasty farmyard minds about who was the boss. I mean, have you ever witnessed a cow or pig try to attack someone? Of course not! Except maybe that one time (on a Friday - surprise, surprise).

    Anyway, fast-forward to 40 or so years after Vatican II, and it's clear that fish have forgotten our deal. The new generation of fishes, in fact, are now systematically, actively "testing the waters" to see if the time is ripe to have their turn at the top of the food chain.

    Luckily, so far their attempts have been unsuccessful. 

    This week a 24-foot basking shark washed ashore on Long Island beach. Now of course naysayers will point out that the basking shark is harmless, has no teeth, and feeds primarily on plankton. Well, it also has a mouth big enough to swallow your little sister in one gulp. I'm just saying, I wouldn't let a basking shark into my little sister's swimming pool.

    Unfortunate navigation error, or calculated reconnaissance mission?

    Earlier this week, on the opposite coast, dozens of Jumbo Humbolt Squid washed up minutes after a 4.0 earthquake hit off the coast of La Jolla, California

    ... sure people, earthquakes, like God never uses those to get a message across!

    Before Vatican II, this squid would never have been allowed to grow bigger than sushi-roll size.

    The local reporter in the case above was only too eager to leave the story high and dry:
    "For now there are more questions than answers; did the earthquake cause the squid to wash up or was it simply a coincidence?"
    Sure, give in to the dictatorship of relativism. Don't quit your Friday Lamb Kabob habit. Keep smugly visiting Sea World to watch dozens of eligible dinners wiggle around behind the Plexiglas unharmed and carefree.

    Not surprisingly, the most disturbing case of underwater-based aggression to date has occurred in Europe, which is especially guilty of ignoring the admonition of the Church to eat fish on Fridays:
    "Police divers have ended the reign of terror of a huge fish that was attacking swimmers in a Swiss lake.

    The zander, which was 70 centimetres (two feet three inches) long and weighed eight kilos (17.5 pounds), was harpooned on Sunday after it bit six swimmers over the weekend, fish warden Fabio Croci told local media."
    In other words, after biting six swimmers (presumably one each day), the fish rested from its nibbling on the seventh day, and was finally killed on that Sunday. Apparently even Zander fish have standards. So just what does that say about us? If the Zander fish had been eaten on Friday ... some Swiss kid would have kept on to his pinky finger on Saturday.

    My recommendation: bring an oven along with you on the boat. It just saves time.

    In fairness, I was relieved to find out, upon reading the story of the Zander fish's reign-of-terror more closely, that its delectable remains were "served up to tourists at the lake." As the saying goes, an eaten fish is a happy fish.

    After hearing about these examples of modern icthyan aggression, I think it should be very clear to all informed readers why we, as a community and a Church, need to make the serious effort of continuing the venerable tradition of consuming our scaly arch-enemies with reckless abandon every Friday. 

    After all, it's supposed to sound like "Fry-Day" for a reason.

    If this fish were still alive, it would be asking you to eat it.

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    Thursday, July 16, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/16/09


    "And around the final turn it's Bishop Smith in the lead with Monsignor Ganswein a length behind but oh wait Pope Benedict is pulling ahead on the inside rail!!!"

    [source: Reuters]

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    Wednesday, July 15, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/15/09

    Tuesday, July 14, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/14/09

    Monday, July 13, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/13/09

    Honestly, Your Holiness, I don't know what I just gave you, either....

    [source: Reuters]

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    Saturday, July 11, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/11/09

    Vatican employees drop their kids off at Swiss Guard summer camp.

    [source: Reuters]

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    Friday, July 10, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/10/09

    Video: Friday Offbeat

    For some reason I was worried I'd get through today without finding anything wierd enough to post for Friday Offbeat news day:



    Well, I'm relieved.

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    Thursday, July 09, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/09/09

    (wow, I didn't realize I had been so busy over the past day or so....)
    High-tech surveillance equipment for liturgical abuse!

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    Wednesday, July 08, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/8/09

    Worst opportunity for an outfit swap ever.

    [source: Reuters]

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    Tuesday, July 07, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/7/09

    Monday, July 06, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/6/09

    "Please, please, no applause - all I did was stand up!"

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Friday, July 03, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/3/09

    "No, Harry, I said I wanted pictures of people reflecting, not reflections of people!"

    [source: Reuters]

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    Offbeat Video: The (Hundred!) Saint Song

    The same clever chaps behind the Catholic iPhone Apps video had their first "big hit" with "The Saint Song", which names over a hundred saints and is sung to the popular Gilbert and Sullivan tune:


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    Thursday, July 02, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/2/09

    Wednesday, July 01, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 7/1/09

    Tim the Seminarian took the job of sacristan very seriously.

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Tuesday, June 30, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/30/09

    "Bless me father, for I have purchased IKEA and shrubberies."

    [source: Reuters]

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    Monday, June 29, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/29/09

    Swiss Guard Test #14: Not cracking a smile during the pope's comedy routine.

    [source: AP Photo]

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    YouTube: Catholic iPhone Apps

    An amusing info-parody of Apple's advertisements for the iPhone:



    Via Paul (and son) at SQPN (<-- visit this site!).

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    Friday, June 26, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/26/09

    "FREE INDULGENCE DAY AT THE VATICAN!!!"

    [source: AP Photo]

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    Wednesday, June 24, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/24/09

    "Priest noir."

    [source: Reuters]

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    Monday, June 22, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/22/09

    Friday, June 19, 2009

    Photo Caption Call - 6/19/09



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    [Photo: Sent in by AmP reader Cyndi.]

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    Thursday, June 18, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/18/09

    Priests try to avoid being seen by Papa Razzi. 

    [source: Reuters]

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    Mayor claims underwear edict "takes away freedom of choice."

    Shows you just how thin the argument is:
    The Brooksville city council recently approved a revised dress code as part of its effort to update existing policies.

    The revision instructs employees to observe "strict personal hygiene," including the use of deodorant. It lists "the observable lack of undergarments and exposed undergarments" as "unacceptable attire."

    It also prohibits clothing with foul language or messages promoting drug use, "sexually provocative" garments, halter tops and piercings anywhere except the ears.

    Repeat offenders can be fired.

    The city council approved the dress code 4-1. Mayor Joe Bernadini opposed the revision, saying the underwear edict "takes away freedom of choice." (AP)
    I wonder if Catholic parishes could adopt this dress code for Mass?
    Okay, something on a more substantial topic soon, I promise.

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    Tuesday, June 16, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/16/09

    *WARNING: HOSTILE INTRUDER DETECTED!!!* DEPLOYING WRIST-MOUNTED RADAR GUIDANCE. MISSILES ARMED. AWAITING FIRING SOLUTION.... 3, 2, 1....

    [source: Reuters]

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    Monday, June 15, 2009

    Papist Picture of the Day - 6/15/09

    In competition with AmP, the Vatican decided to allow banner advertisements.

    [source: Reuters]

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    Monday Catholic Joke

    Forwarded by a friend, made me smile on a Monday:
    A guy goes into the confessional box. He notices on one side a fully equipped bar with Guinness on tap. On the other wall is a dazzling array of the finest Cuban cigars. Then the priest comes in.

    "Father, forgive me, for it's been a very long time since I've been to confession, but I must first admit that the confessional box is much more inviting these days."

    The priest replies "Get out. You're on my side."

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