A 30 foot inflatable church? Kudos for the nun beauty contest, but this guy seems to be losing his sacramental marbles.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Oy. I wonder what the swimsuit competition will look like.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
He specifically noted there won't be one
This article seems like a joke. Either that or whoever wrote it decided professionalism was for the Times.
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
Well, the inflatable church portion is legit. I've seen it reported in other stories a couple of months ago.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Oh, I have no doubt that this is real news, but I think Daniel meant that the reporter saw this as a joke, instead of reporting actual news, he reported this. I'm trying to figure out why this story reminds me of Airplane!...Nun's Life magazine perhaps?
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
Vinay Menon is a popular columnist here in Toronto who reports on anything that is mundane, from actual news events to whatever happened during his walk to the corner store.
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I'm sure the Vatican will send out a team of albinos to make sure Father Rungi is brained with a big brick. Don't worry, these guys are professionals, they can handle twenty priests, and a hundred nuns.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: He specifically noted there won't be one
I can't be expected to read the *whole* article... sheesh.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
"...he had hoped his initiative would help boost sagging vocations to religious lie."
My favorite typo of the month, I think.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Heh. Religion. Lie. Also, Nuns. Sagging. Heh.
God, look at that man backpedal. He was not talking about social awareness and spirituality. He even talked about how not all nuns were old and stunted...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"He even talked about how not all nuns were old and stunted..."
Yeah, but remember that he was being quoted in a newspaper article. It's entire possible, perhaps probable, that they chose to ignore many other quotes from him about the other aspects of his project. It could even be that the interviewer intentionally led him into saying something like that, just to be able to focus on that angle.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
You know, upon a cursory glance at this thread title, I thought it actually said "The 2008 Miss Nude Universe Pageant," and got my hopes up, only to be horribly dashed once I clicked the link. Who gives a shit about nuns? :-)
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Which, interestingly, was apparently Father Rungio's (or whatever, can't be chuffed to look it up) point Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I imagine some of these women have provided prayerful cheering at the All-Priests Five-a-Side Over-75's Indoor Challenge Football Match.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Am I the only one who thinks it's funny that a priest has a blog?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, I'm sure he just wants all the kids to think he's "hip wit-it". I wouldn't be surprised if he had a Facebook or Myspace profile either. Just because he's a man of the cloth doesn't mean he can't utilize technology. ( I actually restrained myself from making a joke about priests and little boys here.)
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Aban: Not really. Just because they're religious doesn't mean they can't use technology to the fullest. My friend, who's a Catholic, knows one priest who uses Linux and another who asked him to help set up a webcam and webpage to allow people to virtually 'visit' the statues of Mary and Jesus to pray to them. (Idolatry in my book, but meh. I'm not Christian anyway.) Besides, there are young priests in their early 20s or 30s - they're not all stunted, old, and sad either
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