Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Wednesday, August 05, 2009

It's not like

the Mexican authorities have had any respect for the Catholic Church in recent history. The early part of the 20th century brought a new group of martyrs into the rolls of Catholic martyrs at the hands of the Mexican authorities...

Mexican bishops criticize federal police for drug raid during Mass

I've always thought this such an odd thing in a country that is so predominately Catholic. Of course, persecution makes people cling more firmly to their faith and that might be a reason for the strength of Catholicism in Mexico...

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