Convicts escape jail guarded by mannequin

Two convicted armed robbers escaped from an Argentine prison that was so understaffed that it was using a dummy dressed as a guard.

"For an obvious strategic reason we could not say it before, but now the news is out, I admit that we have a type of mannequin," director of penitentiary service Daniel Verges told Britain's Guardian newspaper...

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Today He Settled All Church Business

Father Zuhlsdorf had an interesting live phone discussion with Father Keyes in "Z-Chat" last night.

Then Snup mentioned Bishop Cordileone, and one thing led to another...

"Fr. Kung, you're a brother priest, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever."

"Now listen: I want somebody good -- and I mean very good -- to plant that '62 missal. I don't want Father coming out of that sacristy with just his biretta in his hands, alright?"

"But I'm a superstitious man. And if some unlucky accident should occur during Mass - If we hear On Eagle's Wings, Sing a New Church, or any songs from Glory and Praise, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive. But, that aside, let me say that I swear, on the The Spirit of Vatican II, that I will not be the one to break the peace we've made here today."

What Does the Prayer Really Say?

Total Eclipse of the Heart - Literal Version