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Saints: Fun Facts

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Opening sentence on a poster designed for Children.
FUN FACTS
Saint Catherine of Alexandria was a virgin and a martyr in the 4th Century.
http://catholicshopping.com/products/saints-fun-facts-st-catherine-of-alexandria

The Catholic Church has an odd idea of "Fun".

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Opening sentence on a poster designed for Children.
FUN FACTS
Saint Catherine of Alexandria was a virgin and a martyr in the 4th Century.
http://catholicshopping.com/products/saints-fun-facts-st-catherine-of-alexandria

The Catholic Church has an odd idea of "Fun".
Point?

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Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Point?
That the Catholic Church has an odd idea of "Fun".

You need to brush up on your English Comprehension.

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Fun fact: the saint in question is probably entirely fictional.

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Originally posted by twhitehead
Fun fact: the saint in question is probably entirely fictional.
Are you saying Catholic Church has an odd idea of "fact" too? 😲


Fun fact: I knew a Catherine Weale at school.

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Fun Fact: St Thekla (woman) was companion to St. Paul and was named equal to the Apostles. For some 400 years she was revered with an almost cult like following.

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Fun fact: no one is a saint in his or her own lifetime. If you're a saint, you're dead.

https://www.avemariapress.com/engagingfaith/2009/10/who-are-saints/

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Originally posted by moonbus
Fun fact: no one is a saint in his or her own lifetime. If you're a saint, you're dead.

https://www.avemariapress.com/engagingfaith/2009/10/who-are-saints/
Yeah. They fast-tracked Theresa of Calcutta. Why? The woman was evil.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Yeah. They fast-tracked Theresa of Calcutta. Why? The woman was evil.
Christopher Hitchens wrote a book exposing her as a fraud.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Opening sentence on a poster designed for Children.
FUN FACTS
Saint Catherine of Alexandria was a virgin and a martyr in the 4th Century.
http://catholicshopping.com/products/saints-fun-facts-st-catherine-of-alexandria

The Catholic Church has an odd idea of "Fun".
I'm not sure it makes sense to say that the Catholic Church has one single idea of fun, being made up as it is of individual members. Particularly when you are taken what is presented on a Catholic shopping site as the view of said organisation.

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
I'm not sure it makes sense to say that the Catholic Church has one single idea of fun, being made up as it is of individual members. Particularly when you are taken what is presented on a Catholic shopping site as the view of said organisation.
I'm sure you didn't think I was being that serious ... did you?

I stumbled across the site and took a peek at the free downloads.
I thought they were amusing.

Why not just call them "Fact Sheets" or "Interesting Facts"???
What is fun about torture? (Please don't answer that!)