Posted by theKiwi at open-newberg-165.open.org on February 19, 2000 at 18:57:00:
In Reply to: Dogma Strikes Back, or Kevin Smith=Dionne Warwick posted by Cap'n Keansburg on February 19, 2000 at 18:44:41:
: From the Feb 19th LA Times:
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: FIUMICINO, Italy--It's not easy to spot, squeezed between international check-in counters here at Rome's busy airport. But for Roman Catholic sinners in transit, the tiny chapel near the VIP lounge offers quick-stop salvation.
: Catholic authorities have put the airport chapel on a temporary par with Rome's four great basilicas: St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, St. Paul's Outside the Walls and St. Mary Major. Penitents who pray at any of these places this year can gain a plenary indulgence--an ancient, controversial form of church-granted amnesty that Pope John Paul II has restored to prominence for Holy Year 2000.
: In Catholic teaching, a sinner who confesses still faces punishment on Earth or in purgatory. A plenary indulgence cleanses the repentant sinner's soul, making it eligible for passage into heaven.
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: Nice predictions, Kev. You make a movie, and the Pope himself dusts off a 1300 year-old piece of Catholic trivia which was responsible for visiting Lutherans on the rest of us. Good work. The boys in Rome have finally made the soul a Duty Free item.
: Maybe the next flick could be a speculative analysis on what happens when the Catholics allow birth control. "Propha", maybe. There's too many people on the planet anyway.