Category Archives: News of the Weird

Atheist Soldiers Want a Chaplain?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Sometimes, as deacon Greg eludes to, reality is funnier than The Onion. Excerpt: “Jason Torpy, a former Army captain who is president of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, said humanist chaplains would do everything religious chaplains do, including … Continue reading →

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Weird Lenten Fast

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

Filed under Don’t try this at home.    My favorite deacon often quips that an Irishman’s idea of a seven course meal is a six pack of beer and a potato.  But I am fairly certain that he would think … Continue reading →

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Third Eye for the wired guy

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Susan Kehoe

File this under the common sense is not very common file. Oh and in the file marked Not ART. H/T Joe Carter at First thoughts. Health Problems Force Professor to Pull Camera From Back of Head By Marc Parry “An … Continue reading →

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Irishman Sentenced to Pilgrimage

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Only in Ireland. A judge sentences a man convicted of drunken behavior and abusing a police officer to go on a pilgrimage. He is ordered to climb Croagh Patrick and to do the four stations on the holy mountain. Mr … Continue reading →

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The Church of Body Modification

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Really. I am not being snarky.  There is a church that celebrates the tattooed and       pierced. H/T Get Religion Ivey describes the church as a non-theistic faith that draws people who see tattoos, piercings and other physical alterations as ways … Continue reading →

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Santa And the Church Scandals

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

This is beyond weird. “(July 26) — Talk about piling on — now even Santa Claus is taking shots at the Catholic Church. An explanation, of course, is in order. It’s not the jolly old elf who lives at the … Continue reading →

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News Of The Weird

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

I have no words. Really.COLUMBIA, Tenn. –– A college student is dressing up like a superhero to fight crime in Columbia Related: Watch This Story The 20-year-old man, who wants to remain anonymous, but calls himself the Viper, recently caught … Continue reading →

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Liturgical Atheists?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Nah. They just want to mock. Words fail. “Wielding a blow-dryer, a leading atheist conducted a mass “de-baptism” of fellow non-believers and symbolically dried up the offending waters that were sprinkled on their foreheads as young children. At the annual … Continue reading →

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Mouseless in Cyberspace

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Susan Kehoe

Yes I know this does not have anything to do with “all things Catholic”. But one of my vices is a fascination with computers and gadgets. This one is either way cool or just plain weird (H/T Deacon Kandra). I … Continue reading →

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