I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

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Something that makes me curious about is Irish priests who go to America

Do they have to apply do interviews etc or simply just travel over and join a parish

Can imagine a lot of parishes around the globe are full of politics

Our last Parish Priest was headhunted by a recruiter. A Fr. Buzz Cagney if memory serves me correct. He was supposed to go to Beverly Hills. Or Compton or somewhere like that.

Clever.

There's this guy....

So a misogynist?

Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital. Once known as Pleasant Island, it is the third smallest country by area and second smallest by population. The 21-square-kilometre island country, located in the Central Pacific, houses a little over 10,000 residents. Interestingly, Nauru has no armed force and Australia is responsible for its defence. It was once the richest country in the world, due to deposits of phosphates that were formed by bird faeces. However, once the bird faeces finished, the economy of the country also collapsed.

In ancient Rome, 25th of December was a celebration of the Unconquered Sun, marking the return of longer days. It followed Saturnalia, a festival where people feasted and exchanged gifts. The church in Rome began celebrating Christmas on December 25 in the 4th century during the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor, possibly to weaken pagan traditions.    

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, who was executed aged 80 in 1747 at the Tower of London for high treason.

The execution was considered so significant by King George II that the monarch put up additional stands for the extra spectators who wished to witness the event. But one of these platforms is said to have collapsed moments before the execution, killing about nine people. Legend has it that this caused Fraser – nicknamed the Old Fox for his devious reputation – to laugh while the axe fell, coining the phrase “laughing his head off”.