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Catholic tabloid review 

Is it just me, or is Spirit Daily getting more and more like The Globe or The Star, those tabloids that are on the stands at the check out line in the supermarket?  I check Spirit Daily out daily, just as I do Drudge, because sometimes I find good news items.

Lately, it’s been kind of weird.  Some “nuns” from Iowa insisting that they are not seeing the planet Venus where it should be in the sky, instead it’s some unknown planet X - it’s a sign.  These women are a diocesan community, they dress kind of Carmelite and have cut-off veils - they normally just dress up in the habit when they are off work.  They also live in their own apartments.  I met them at the religious goods store I used to work in.  If you met them you would know why this story is funny.

There are other sensational stories as well; one, “Stephen King’s son writes horror stories too” - oh my gosh!  I’m so scared.  (I hope he’s a better writer than his dad.)  Then the headline for 2 days, “If you love God enough you won’t feel the pains or fear of death.”  So saith some mystic guy.  Right.  One more thing to feel guilty about - how do you love God enough?

I like the headline “Jesus on car window”.  Without checking, I’m sure it’s another miraculous image story, I wonder if he is waving?  Another tagline, “Orangutan goes on rampage” is funny - Drudge is doing lots of animals-in-captivity-attack stories as well.  I love the one about the insane cat who attacked a woman because it was jealous of another cat.

Now, don’t get me wrong, oftentimes there are very good pieces on Spirit Daily - Michael Brown does a very good job.  But it must be a slow news day today, because he has a piece, “Seminary uneasy over gay priests”.  I thought, ‘What! isn’t all of that stuff over?’  As I read the piece I began thinking it could be a chapter out of the book “Goodbye Good Men” - after checking the date of the piece, it was from 2002.  (Those darn gays can sure get the readers, huh?)  But why would you resurrect an old article as if it was happening today?  AsMr. Brown might caption it, “Our sad times”.

Well, it’s a holiday weekend, so things will probably be slow in the blog world.