Released by the diocese is this statement. Brother Richard had not been eating as well as we would have liked, we have increased his rice allotment."
Apparently the priest had been fasting to show his support of the Pope's visit lately in the United States.
"It's been a holy time for all of us here in the US, and especially for Richard," said a former Priest at St. Benedictine's who was visiting the area on his way back from New York.
"I have said that they shouldn't blow up as many balloons all at once" one woman chided. Three of the women there even went so far as to blame it on Hillary. "We all know what She's like," one woman said while nodding at a friend who was sitting nearby. It's satan's doing and a woman running for president is just what is getting him on the move now!" Amens were heard even as someone called 'Bingo!'
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