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Get Thee to a Nunnery!
When sinning is out of the question, creative methods of anger management are key.
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Nun Porn Prank
I love a good prank. Watch everyone's shocked expressions when they reach down to retrieve something this fake nun dropped...
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Making Tiaras a Habit: Nuns in a Beauty Pageant — Good Idea?
I'll watch any pageant, or any show about pageants but this one? I'm not sure. An Italian priest is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns called "Miss Sister 2008."
Holy Carp! Nun Landlords Sue Tenants For Fish Smell
The owners of a NYC apartment building have filed a lawsuit against their tenants who continue to stink up the place when they cook large quantities of fish. These landlords seeking relief from the smell have a special connection to another Lord — they're nuns!
In the lawsuit, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart Inc.
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Nun Pleads Guilty to Stealing Money to Gamble
Now here's my kinda nun! It gets boring in those cloistered, celibate halls, so a lady's gotta do what she's gotta do for entertainment. Bad habits are hard to break, though.
70,000 Women a Year Die From Unsafe Abortions
After three years of research, the New York-based Guttmacher Institute has concluded that although contraceptive use has lowered the number of abortions worldwide, unsafe abortions still account for a staggering 70,000 deaths a year, particularly in the developing world. More than half the deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa, a region with the lowest rates of contraceptive use and the highest rates of unintended pregnancies.
"In much of the developing world," said the Institute's president Sharon Camp, "abortion remains highly restricted, and unsafe abortion is common and continues to damage women's health and threaten their survival."
Ireland Released Five Volumes on Abuses, But No Names
Ireland released an extensive report yesterday revealing that more than one thousand children were beaten, neglected, or raped at Catholic reform schools. The five-volume accounting took nine years to compile and covers six decades, but it doesn't include a single name of a priest, brother, or nun who abused children at the Catholic institutions. A religious order in question successfully sued the government in 2004 to keep the names secret.
GiggleSugar Reader Spotlight: Gruaig Rua
Miss Sassy Gruaig Rua has clearly not changed much since she was a fiery little tot. Our friend from Ireland tells us what she likes about GiggleSugar and throws in a joke at the end to boot! Yay, Gruaig Rua!
Pope Names Four New Saints, Including First Indian Woman
Thousands of people appeared in St. Peter’s Square yesterday to watch as Pope Benedict XVI gave the Roman Church four new saints, one of who was of particular importance to Indian Catholics. Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, is the first Indian woman to achieve sainthood.
Hug It Out! McCain Brings a New Level of Affection to Politics
It's one small squeeze for woman, one giant leap for hug-kind. I didn't believe the prevalence of the McCain/Palin embrace until I went searching for pictures — and found the mother lode of warm greetings. The second mixed-gender ticket in history is breaking the boundaries of the cold handshake with a now signature — yet brief and businesslike — clinch.
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