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The first woman canonized by a Pope was …
Of course there are many women Saints prior to this canonization. Most saints who were widely recognized by the very early Church were martyrs, as Christianity was fiercely persecuted by the Roman Empire. The faithful looked to these heroes as examples to imitate, and reminders of their own call to sacrifice. These martyrs were called saints,…
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Tom Faranda’s Folly – back!
Yup, with the demise of typepad (they literally went out of business) landed on my feet on wordpress. Out of over 18,000 posts on my old site we moved over 3,492. But much more work needs doing. And I have to learn the ins and outs of using wordpress. More to follow.
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Anniversary – ” Antietam: The Bloodiest Day in American History | Civil War Then & Now “
About three years ago Brigid and I stopped at Antietam. They were redoing the entire site but we did spend several hours touring it. Brigid actually got a bit emotional. This is a six minute video.
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NY State has 56 of the Forbes 400 billionaires
Interesting article if you like this sort of stuff. It includes the entire NY list. None of them are my clients (Unfortunately… just one would have set me up….). Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is worth an estimated $109 billion, is the richest person in New York, according to the Forbes 400…
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WSJ: “The Charlie Kirk Example”
Politicians of both parties who've said "this is not who we are" … well they are wrong, unfortunately it is who we are. See the 2nd paragraph below. A good column by Kimberly Strassel, the Wall Street Journal columnist. The sickest aspect of Wednesday’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is that it was everything…