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Saturday February 3, 2007
Terry McAuliffe will not become a Knight of Malta after all, say the Knights. Good for them.
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I just picture a bunch of octegenarian euro-types wearing silly hats in some sort of Hogwarts-style dining hall and awarding each other medals. News flash-the Holy Roman Empire went belly up about 200 years ago, the Papal States fell about 145 years ago, and the Crusades have been over for oh, about 800 years. If Dan Brown needs you for a sequel, he'll call. Kim M
Kim M - Hardly the sort of respect to show an organization whose members for centuries died so that you wouldn't be required to wear a veil in public today.
The Knights of Malta runs relief efforts all over the world. We run hospitals, ambulances, etc, all over. The Maltese cross is one of the most recognizable symbols of succor and relief at emergency situations anywhere in the world. The Knights refer to the sick and the poor as "our Lords." We don't go in much for silly hats, sometimes berets (at the annual Lourdes Pilgrimage), kind of cool monks robes, too.
Hardly the sort of respect to show an organization whose members for centuries died so that you wouldn't be required to wear a veil in public today. Praise the church, savior of the world...though I'd prefer to thank the millions of peasants that were used as cannon fodder all inspired by the "Holy" words of the church.
I'm not sure what you're getting at. I'm not very handsome, but my beard hides a lot. However, if any of the current KofC members are veterans of the Crusades, I would like to thank them personally. Kim M
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