> Two for the price of one, folks!
> Saint Bucket
> (first in a series of misreadings)
>
> Under John Paul II an industrial revolution has overtaken the Vatican, an age of mass production. Saints are fast-tracked to the top, and there are beatifications by the bucketload.
> London Review of Books
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>
> I have been very pleased at the rise
> in the number of saints.
> There werenīt enough and we need as many
> as we can get.
> Itīs so nice to be sure the good are still with us
> in spite of television.
> I donīt mean `niceī, of course, silly word,
> I mean `reassuringī.
> And itīs nice that the Pope gives them
> due recognition.
> But I fear he goes too far when, as I read today, he starts to
> beatify buckets.
> People wonīt take that seriously for very long
> ....or perhaps they will.
>
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>
> Mike
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