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Holy Tennis, Batman! (Papal Secretary Georg Ganswein featured on magazine cover)
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| May 12, 2006
| Rocco Palmo
Posted on 05/12/2006 7:30:59 AM PDT by NYer
In a new, um, something (low? high?)... for the Italian obsession with Msgr Georg Ganswein, the Pope's private secretary, Chi, the magazine of Corriere della Sera, has been granted unprecedented access to the 49 year-old secretary's life, both behind the scenes and in an interview.
The piece is called "The Hidden Face of Don Georg." While I haven't seen it in full, I'm told the magazine's editor, Maria Agnese, said that she gave it the cover page as she thinks Ganswein "divinely handsome."
Remember, this is Italy.... Where these things happen all the time.
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posted on
05/12/2006 7:31:01 AM PDT
by
NYer
To: american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; ...
Maria Agnese, said that she gave it the cover page as she thinks Ganswein "divinely handsome."
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posted on
05/12/2006 7:32:12 AM PDT
by
NYer
(Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
To: NYer
Silly. Though I understand that both John Paul II and the current Pope have quietly encouraged priests and religiou to keep in shape, on the theory that it just looks ridiculous for obese priests to lecture their flocks on self-denial and self-sacrifice.
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posted on
05/12/2006 7:35:47 AM PDT
by
wideawake
To: NYer
I am going to refrain from making a comment so as not to incur the wrath of the.... well you know who they are.
At least Msgr is looking after his health.
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posted on
05/12/2006 7:57:55 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(does it really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: NYer
Or as he would have been known when I was a girl in Catholic school...."Fr. What-a-Waste"
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posted on
05/12/2006 7:59:43 AM PDT
by
SAMS
(Nobody loves a soldier until the enemy is at the gate; Army Wife & Marine Mom)
To: SAMS
What a coinky-dinkle. That's what the Italian media calls him.
6
posted on
05/12/2006 8:31:46 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(does it really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: NYer
What a lovely...erm...vista! ;)
7
posted on
05/12/2006 8:47:05 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: Carolina
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:56:48 AM PDT
by
NYer
(Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
To: NYer
I have seen him in person, actually...he was maybe 5 feet from me in the popemobile. Pictures don't do justice.
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posted on
05/12/2006 8:59:30 AM PDT
by
Carolina
To: NYer
Scroll through all the pages and look at the pictures. There's another one in the inner sanctum. (pg 45-48)
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10
posted on
05/12/2006 9:13:02 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(does it really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: Carolina
Thankfully, you're a woman :)
11
posted on
05/12/2006 12:18:54 PM PDT
by
bornacatholic
(Pope Paul VI. "Use of the old Ordo Missae is in no way left to the choice of priests or people.")
To: NYer
Does nada for me. Maybe I've been married to a German for too long ... not that there's anything wrong with that, or anything.
12
posted on
05/12/2006 12:25:31 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Dump the 1967 Outer Space Treaty! I'll weigh 50% less on Mars!)
To: bornacatholic
LOLOL! I think I might need to go to Confession after this.
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posted on
05/12/2006 12:35:46 PM PDT
by
Carolina
To: NYer
>Holy Tennis, Batman!
I'd hit heavy slice
to his forehand. With that grip
he can't get down low . . .
To: Tax-chick
:) The female athlete Bade Didrikson Zaharis had a great line your post reminded me of.
As Babe Didrikson, she met and married a Greek wrestler named George Zaharias. He is reputed to have been as handsome as a Greek God.
After awhile, old George fell out of shape. After he had fallen out of shape, a reporter asked Babe how her marriage was going...
"Well, I married a Greek God but now I am just married to a G.D. Greek"
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posted on
05/12/2006 12:49:30 PM PDT
by
bornacatholic
(Pope Paul VI. "Use of the old Ordo Missae is in no way left to the choice of priests or people.")
To: bornacatholic
LOL! I've always admired Babe. I read a biography of her when I was in elementary school, and it stuck with me. She had a lot of gumption!
I suppose what I meant is that I don't feel any sparks over a good looking, fit, 40-something German guy, because I'm married to one. (Actually, my FReepless spouse, Der Prinz auf Nerdz, is better looking than Father Whatsis.)
People just have different tastes ... my heart goes pitter-pat for Dick Cheney!
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posted on
05/12/2006 1:16:22 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Dump the 1967 Outer Space Treaty! I'll weigh 50% less on Mars!)
To: Tax-chick
My goodness, that doesn't seem to have come out quite right, either! I think it's time to find something to do in the kitchen.
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posted on
05/12/2006 1:25:05 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Dump the 1967 Outer Space Treaty! I'll weigh 50% less on Mars!)
To: Tax-chick
my heart goes pitter-pat for Dick Cheney
*Well, at least one of you has a healthy heart
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posted on
05/12/2006 1:27:39 PM PDT
by
bornacatholic
(Pope Paul VI. "Use of the old Ordo Missae is in no way left to the choice of priests or people.")
To: bornacatholic
"Well, I married a Greek God but now I am just married to a G.D. Greek" LOL!
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posted on
05/12/2006 1:59:53 PM PDT
by
livius
To: bornacatholic
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posted on
05/12/2006 1:59:57 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Dump the 1967 Outer Space Treaty! I'll weigh 50% less on Mars!)
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