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To: Anonykat; nickcarraway
Good for you. I guess I find it a bit hard to believe that there is such a shrine in St. Petersburg, but who knows. I personally don't know what to make of Fatima, but I do know that for decades it has been used to allege that Russia is not a Christian Country and needed to be converted to "the Immaculate Heart of Mary". I'm not Russian, but I am Orthodox and find that incredibly offensive. I find it even more than a bit surprising that given that history, so many Roman Catholics profess surprise that the MP hasn't greeted the Pope's overtures with open arms.
6 posted on 02/15/2005 8:24:55 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Nuke the Cube!)
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To: Kolokotronis; Anonykat
I personally don't know what to make of Fatima, but I do know that for decades it has been used to allege that Russia is not a Christian Country and needed to be converted to "the Immaculate Heart of Mary".

I don't either what to make of it either. Maybe we should ask the tens of thousands of witnesses of all walks of life who watched the sun drop out of the sky that day.

I know that you're brighter than to contend to any degree of reason that Russia is even remotely a "Christian country". I apologize sincerely if this it seems hurtful, but it very much does need to be converted, starting with the many Bolsheviks at the highest levels of the Orthodox Russian church.

The insidious leftist ethos is a cancer on Christianity that began as a tumor with Russian philosophers/agitators, and has small-celled its way around the globe. To this day its friends are the deepest enemies of Christianity - from the Mideast to China.

10 posted on 02/15/2005 8:57:10 PM PST by AAABEST (Kyrie eleison - Christe eleison †)
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