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Jul 22, 2022·edited Jul 22, 2022

Some correction: Nunavut is a territory, not a province.

Also Iqaluit have a mayor who wanted to remove Catholic Church's charitable status. Idk if it's related to why the city is chosen for a visit, but it'll be interesting to see how the mayor will treat the Pope. https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/iqaluits-mayor-wants-to-tax-citys-churches/

And please, no more time wasted discussing a canonical marital status of a non-catholic married 3x, none of them in a Catholic Church. One hour is long enough. We know that none of him nor his 3 supposed wives give a damn about the canonical marriage, why should we care about their status to it?

Please cover more relevant thing like how ICKSP is being kicked out of Archdiocese of Chicago.

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Jul 22, 2022Liked by JD Flynn

Y’all it’s not MaRples!! 😂😂

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Story idea: an explainer on the residential schools.

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Oh my goodness - what a riot you guys are! I only wish I had fellow Catholics I could share your humour with (I'm surrounded by atheists/agnostics/lukewarmers).

Anyway, I am Canadian, and so you can appreciate how much more I loved this particular podcast. But I have to tell you, honestly guys, for a couple of journalists, your Canadian content today was not your finest hour :-)!

To being with, Nunavut is not a province but a territory. There used to be 2 territories: the Yukon, and the Northwest. And then in 1999, the NWT was broken into 2 parts, with the eastern part (renamed Nunavut) providing the Inuit with the means to set up their own independent government.

As for your pronunciation ... my oh my - what a butcher job ... and I will have NONE OF IT, ha ha!

Nunavut: 3 syllables with the emphasis on the 1st syllable, and the u's are pronounced like the oo in foot. Try it: NOO-na-voot

Iqaluit: 4 syllables with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable, with the u pronounced differently, more like the oo in food than in foot. Try it: i-KA-loo-it.

That's it for today's lesson :-)!

Keep up the great work - you're the cherry on top of my weekend :-)!

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Thanks Ed and JD for a wonderful podcast as usual. Love the banter as usual (btw how can I sponsor banter instead of an ad?).

I loved the comparison between Her Majesty's travels and His Holiness' as well as recommendations for leaving to go to an annointing of the sick (there must be ways to ensure the need is actually legitimate just in case His Holiness calls Father's bluff, right?).

Also the O Canada segment was quite enlightening.

JD, I'm now getting very disappointed in the lack of limerick. I demand a Vatican trial limerick! You promised! And I shall keep hounding until you fulfill that promise.

Also I need a level head to help with the Liturgy Wars saga.

Thanks for all you do.

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