“It is surreal and spooky to think of being a Papal Knight. It gives people something to tease me about,” said Mardon. “It’s too weird for people to think we are making it up.”
Restored 1896 Footage May Reveal New Details Of Pope Leo XIII, Earliest-Born Person On Film
He was delighted, and exclaimed ‘Wonderful! wonderful! See me blessing!’ — referring to the one representing him giving the Apostolic blessing — and turning to Mons della Volpa, he added, ‘How splendid you look!’ All the time he held my hand, which he pressed affectionately.
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“Have you ever read Rebecca?” My eyes cracked open and l saw the light filtering in through the half-curtained windows…
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The broken silhouette jerked itself halfway upright, and suddenly, a shrill, cracking yell floated through to him — “Shiro!”
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“Work is dirty. I’m a butcher, not a princess,” she grumbled as she cleaved a pig’s foot clean off the loin.
Cravings
Darryl shivered at the thought of accidentally sending the poor girl into an allergic fit just as she was about to go through something so painful he couldn’t wrap his mind around the concept.
Green Light, Red Light
“Lindsey, can I tell you something kind of… strange?” Todd asked the question as I was sipping my second beer.…
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Yesterday, I cut the head off a calico bass that I caught on the pond near my cabin. I had…
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Cozy cardinals with a tinge of disrespect
When you hear the term “anti-clerical artwork,” what springs to mind? Large-nosed popes with wrinkled faces and crooked grins? Sunken-eyed…
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