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Bishop will skip college’s ceremony

Anna Maria cites possible problems

WORCESTER - In March, Anna Maria College withdrew its commencement speaking invitation to Victoria Reggie Kennedy after Bishop Robert J. McManus told school officials that the widow of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy was not an appropriate speaker because of her views on abortion, contraception, and gay marriage.

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Playing the role of Jesus of Nazareth: Bishop Robert J. McManus. Playing the role of the Samaritan woman at the well: Victoria Kennedy. The scene: Mid-day, Jacob's well in Sychar, a town of Samaria. Curtain rises. Jesus is sitting at the well. The woman approaches. Jesus looks at her in disgust, turns his back to her, gets up and walks away. Blackout.

extra Ecclesiam nulla salus

The Bishop sounds like he's a member of the Congregation for the Protection of the Doctrine of the Faith-formerly called The Inquisition! The current Pope was the head of the Congregation of the Protection of the Doctrine of the Faith before he was appointed pope. They sound like a very tolerant pair!

I wonder how you say, "Karma's a she-dog" in Latin?

I've got news for you. None in it, either.

Karma suus a illa canis