Today, I was at Mass in Emmitsburg and I thought I saw a little bird flying around. I thought, "How cute", until I realized it was a bat. I don't know what ever happened to it. I'm simultaneously glad and sorry I didn't see it again.
"Slavery ended in medieval Europe only because the church extended its sacraments to all slaves and then managed to impose a ban on the enslavement of Christians (and of Jews). Within the context of medieval Europe, that prohibition was effectively a rule of universal abolition. "— Rodney Stark
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I wish I remembered who did say that...I think St. Rose was the one who had altercations with the devil.
I think Dick Cheney saw it, and mistook it for a lawyer.
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