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Catholic School Posted: 2 years ago by donteatpoop
Very cool animation. Potentially NSFW
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Screw U. Posted: 7 months ago by suebe
Inside the secret sex life of the Catholic University of America
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Bishops told to 'get real' Posted: 1 year ago by chinook
Angry parents are reacting strongly to an Alberta Catholic bishops' statement cautioning the HPV vaccine and promoting abstinence instead.
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Man claiming to be priest arrested with cocaine Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
A man claiming to be a Catholic priest was arrested Friday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after he was caught carrying 3.5 kilograms of cocaine under his robes, a spokesman for Dutch border police said.
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Mysterious ancient altar found in Roman fort Posted: 4 months ago by drogue
"What should have been part of the rampart mound near to the north gate of the fort has turned out to be an amazing religious shrine," said archaeologist Andrew Birley.

Romans called this god Jupiter Dolichenus, but it was originally an ancient weather god, known to the Semitic peoples of the Middle East as Hadad and to the Hittites as Teshab.
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Archeologists dig up Roman bath complex Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Archeologists said Thursday they have partly dug up a second-century bath complex believed to be part of the vast, luxurious residence of a wealthy Roman.
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New Rome Is Falling Into Disrepair Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
A few years ago, a number of brave intelligent men and women from the land of JaxWorth set out for the shores of Nova Roma. This was the New World discovered in the 15th century by Roman sailors traveling across the Pacific in search of a route to trade with India.

Basically it was a shared-world created by Donteatpoop, Icepigs, and others. They imagined a world where Rome never fell and went on to discover the continents on the other side of the globe. Little has been heard from the colony for 2 years. Mayhaps there is yet hope to determine their fate?
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Police Arrest 11 Men After Slaying in N. Ireland Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
Police in Northern Ireland have arrested 11 Protestant men after the slaying Sunday evening of a 49-year-old Catholic man, a brutal reminder of how religion-based violence and tension are still an everyday reality in the province.
Update to this story
and This Story
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Priest Charged With Dealing Coke Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
A Catholic priest, Reverend Christopher Layden, on the University of Illinois campus has been charged with selling cocaine from his church office and rectory.
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Roman Soldier's Footprint Reveals Clues to Ancient City Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists have uncovered a footprint made by a sandal-clad Roman soldier in a wall surrounding an ancient city in Israel that Jesus might have visited.
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Blow-up church looks to lure beachgoers Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Catholic nuns and priests in Italy are following their flocks to the beach this summer, establishing an inflatable church and a beach-convent in the sands to lure sunbathers.
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UBC Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
UBC archaeologists have dug up a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones, one that includes a tomb, skeletons and burial rites with both Christian and pagan elements.
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‘We did not know that child abuse was a crime’ Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
Catholic Archbishop Rembert G Weakland: Accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would ‘grow out of it’.
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Guess which modern technology the Vatican believes has done the most for Women's Liberation? Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Many people point to the birth control pill as a cornerstone in the move for equal rights for women as it allowed them to choose when and if to get pregnant. Others say the liberalization of abortions or just a change in attitude. The Catholic church however has a different idea for what women should be thankful for their liberation.
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Rosaries: The New Gang Symbol. Posted: 1 year ago by muppet
A Texas teen claims she is forbidden from wearing a rosary around her neck in school because the Catholic prayer beads are a gang symbol, MyFOXDFW.com reported.
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Priest Drops Silent Bombshell During Mass Posted: 4 months ago by Doggylives
No, not like that!

As his congregation of deaf Roman Catholics prepared to head home after Mass, the priest indicated that he had something to tell.

Then, using sign language, Father Peter McDonough dropped his bombshell
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Obama Calls For 'Open Minds' Amid Abortion Debate Posted: 7 months ago by bingo
President Obama tackled the divisive issue of abortion this past weekend, urging people on all sides of the debate to seek common ground. But less noteworthy than what he said is where he said it: the University of Notre Dame. The Roman Catholic institution had drawn criticism for inviting the president, whose support for abortion rights is at odds with church doctrine.
Update to this story
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Rare ancient wooden throne found in Herculaneum Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
An ancient Roman wood and ivory throne has been unearthed at a dig in Herculaneum, Italian archaeologists said on Tuesday, hailing it as the most significant piece of wooden furniture ever discovered there.
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Roman coins (3rd-4th century A.D.) found in the U.S. Posted: 7 months ago by bingo
In 1963, a construction engineer found a small hoard of coins while excavating the north bank of the Ohio River....
The smaller coins were from 268 A.D. The larger coins are from 312 or 313 A.D.

Unfortunately, the discoverer moved south to work on another bridge shortly after the find, and the second engineer's widow could not remember his name, so the bulk of the hoard is lost.
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Catholic Schoolgirl Dolls Posted: 1 year ago by gratheo
...their set-in eyes glow under their applied eyelashes; their individual fingers curl as if reaching for the knowledge they know is awaiting them behind the classroom doors.

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