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14th-century depiction of King Henry II of England with Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket. " Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? " (spoken aloud ⓘ; also expressed as " troublesome priest " or " meddlesome priest ") is a quote attributed to Henry II of England preceding the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in ...
Pino Puglisi. Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpiːno puʎˈʎiːzi], Sicilian: [pʊɟˈɟiːsɪ]; 15 September 1937 – 15 September 1993) was a Roman Catholic priest in the rough Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. He openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia who controlled the neighbourhood, and was killed by them on his 56th ...
Funny Quotes. “My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me.”. — Garry Shandling. “People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys ...
Menno Simons (Dutch: [ˈmɛnoː ˈsimɔns]; West Frisian: Minne Simens [ˈmɪnə ˈsimə̃ːs]; [1] 1496 – 31 January 1561) was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the ...
I don't think it's natural." — Truvy Jones, Steel Magnolias. "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." — Oscar Wilde. "Go to heaven for the climate, hell for ...
Harold Davidson. Harold Francis Davidson (14 July 1875 – 30 July 1937), generally known as the Rector of Stiffkey, was a Church of England priest who in 1932, after a public scandal, was convicted of immorality by a church court and defrocked. Davidson strongly protested his innocence and to raise funds for his reinstatement campaign he ...
21. "Each year at graduation, I am obliged to offer a few 'brief remarks,' which are usually not as brief as they should be." - James E. Ryan. 22. “Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of ...
Parable of the drowning man. The parable of the drowning man, also known as Two Boats and a Helicopter, is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devoutly Christian man, frequently a minister, who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each time telling the would-be rescuers that God will save him.