At 08:28 PM 1/31/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote:
>
> This is just TOO GOOD to pass... I just KNOW Brin-L is going to have a field
> day with this one.
>
> JJ
> "Mendicant XSysop"
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>
> Bishops seek saint for Internet
> Hopeless clickers urge Vatican to name protector
> By Jeordan Legon
> CNN
> Friday, January 31, 2003 Posted: 4:46 PM EST (2146 GMT)
>
> (CNN) -- Fed up with hackers, a flood of spam and lousy connections, Italian
> Roman Catholics have launched a search for a patron saint of the Internet.
> And they hope their online poll will yield a holy Web protector by Easter.
>
> Will it be Archangel Gabriel, whom the Bible credits with bringing Mary the
> news that she'd give birth to Jesus? Or Saint Isadore of Seville, who wrote
> the world's first encyclopedia? Or perhaps Saint Clare of Assisi, a nun
> believed to have seen visions on a wall?
I guess it hadn't been officially settled, then. According to this page:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainti04.htm
Isadore *is* the patron saint of the Internet.
Seems like whoever is the patron saint of p�rnography would be a more appropriate choice . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt.
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