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Airplane catechism, Franciscan stigmata, and equatorial tourism

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Sep 17, 2024
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Hey everybody,

Eight hundred years ago today, the poor man of Assisi — the Poverello — was marked with the stigmata, which according to Francis’ best biographers, were seemingly growths that signified the five wounds of Jesus Christ.

What happened to St. Francis was real. 

And it is a …

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