POPE FRANCIS, YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE!

[Preston Duquene]

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has just
set a Vatican speed record by giving the Catholic church 813 new
saints in a matter of minutes.
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Canonized were a large group of Italians who were beheaded by
Turkish invaders for defying demands to convert to Islam 533 years
ago.
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The massacre occurred in 1480 and those
courageous Christians who shed their blood --
and their heads -- are forever known as "The
Martyrs of Otranto," the city in which they lived.
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Pope Francis performed the canonization ceremony, his first
since becoming Pontiff,
before a SRO crowd in St. Peter's Square
on Sunday.
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Congratulations, Pope Francis. You made a wise
decision.
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Now what are you going to do about Pope John XXIII?
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http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1963/1101630104_4...
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Isn't it time the Catholic Church cut the baloney and
declared him a saint as well? It's long, long, long
overdue.
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After all, without your beacon-nosed roly poly predecessor, there
wouldn't have been The
Miracle of the Sheppton Coal Mine Cave-In.
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This year, in August, we mark the 50th anniversary
of the greatest mining rescue in the history of History.
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I mean, after all, back in 1963 . . .
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Your Holiness, why don't you just turn to my Web
page which is . . .
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http://www.edconrad.org
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My cell phone number is 1-570-985-7220
and I'd be delighted to hear that you agree
to do so.
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Please, Holy Father, do not give out my
phone number to strangers. I hate to be
woken up in the middle of the night by
people I don't even know.
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< Cordially,
< Ed Conrad
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