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...Mother Teresa had visions, including one of herself conversing with Christ on the Cross. Her confessor, Father Celeste Van Exem, was convinced that her mystical experiences were genuine. "[Her] union with Our Lord has been continual and so deep and violent that rapture does not seem very far," he commented. Teresa later wrote simply, "Jesus gave Himself...
...Lachaise is not just any cemetery. It has been a stage for grand episodes of French history for centuries. Originally a country retreat, it was named after the confessor of King Louis XIV, whose successor expelled the Jesuit priests living there in 1763. It became a cemetery in 1804. Then, in 1871--a century before Morrison's death--Parisian anarchists staged a pitched battle against their foes amid the tombstones; 147 survivors were executed against the cemetery wall and buried in a mass grave...
...Dobson believes he and his listeners need to know whether presidential candidates have been faithful in their marriages. And he wants to give candidates a chance publicly to confess their sins by being their official confessor. Gingrich, for his part, thinks it prudent to accommodate Dobson. He chooses to acknowledge behavior that was confirmed by his subsequent divorce and marriage to the woman in question. It must have occurred to Gingrich that in another era an intelligent and proud man like him would not have dignified such a question with an answer, let alone consent ahead of time to have...
...have, and what you have changes hour to hour." Both because Karr could have fled authorities and because he was in a position to harm young girls as a teacher in Thailand, Lacy said, she felt an obligation to bring him in for questioning. And he seemed a credible confessor with inside knowledge about JonBenet. He knew, for instance, about the bracelet on JonBenet's arm, although it turned out that it had been mentioned in the autopsy report. And he wrote about her runny nose, although that's common among kids during the winter. Investigators therefore tested his credibility...
NEKO CASE FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD...