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How a 15-Year-Old Gamer Became the Patron Saint of the Internet (www.wired.com)
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“It’s a beautiful thing that for the first time in history you can see a saint dressed in jeans, sneakers, and a sweatshirt. That’s a great message,” Father Carlos Acácio Gonçalves Ferreira, the shrine’s rector, said at the time. A Franciscan monk based at the tomb, noted that “many young people” were visiting.

Now get rid of the homophobia, sex abuse scandals, sexism, and anti-choice bullshit, mmkay?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

*Voluntarily defends catholic church

"Please dont bother me with this"

Ok

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You replied to a decent explanation with a dumb proposition instead of looking anything up.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

I didn't drag you into this comment section