{"id":3855,"date":"2011-05-17T19:38:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T23:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/deaconsbench\/?p=3855"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:43:56","slug":"florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A couple weeks ago, this exact situation<\/a><\/strong> arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s happening in West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

Details:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The name of Osama bin Laden appears in the Holy Name of Jesus Sunday bulletin. There\u2019s a cross next to it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A parishioner made a prayer request for the mastermind behind the 9\/11 attack on America.<\/p>\n

A church secretary took the Mass intention a week ago. She admitted she thought it was a joke at first. But few are laughing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s totally wrong, he doesn\u2019t belong in the Catholic religion. For what he did to Americans, he doesn\u2019t belong anywhere,\u201d says Lois Pizzano, a Catholic Church member. \u201cIt\u2019s unconscionable, it\u2019s sacrilegious,\u201d said Pizzano.<\/p>\n

Father Gavin Badway admits many in his congregation are unhappy. But he says the church has never turned down a prayer request before. He says making the right decision isn\u2019t always easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir hearts are troubled because they\u2019re thinking emotionally about what he has done and he has done a lot of evil. Nevertheless, Jesus tells us, love and forgive,\u201d says Father Badway, who is the church pastor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama bin Laden appears in the Holy Name of Jesus Sunday bulletin. There\u2019s a cross next to it. A parishioner made a prayer request for the mastermind behind the 9\/11 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-churches","category-ripped-from-the-headlines"],"yoast_head":"\nFlorida parish prays for Osama bin Laden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it's happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it's happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Deacon's Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-17T23:38:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-30T21:43:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Deacon Greg Kandra\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Deacon Greg Kandra\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/\",\"name\":\"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-17T23:38:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-30T21:43:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970\"},\"description\":\"A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it's happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/\",\"name\":\"The Deacon's Bench\",\"description\":\"Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970\",\"name\":\"Deacon Greg Kandra\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Deacon Greg Kandra\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/author\/deacon-greg-kandra\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden","description":"A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it's happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden","og_description":"A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it's happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/","og_site_name":"The Deacon's Bench","article_published_time":"2011-05-17T23:38:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-09-30T21:43:56+00:00","author":"Deacon Greg Kandra","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Deacon Greg Kandra","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/","name":"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-05-17T23:38:24+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-30T21:43:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970"},"description":"A couple weeks ago, this exact situation arose in England, and made headlines.\u00a0 Now it's happening in West Palm Beach, Florida. Details: The name of Osama","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2011\/05\/florida-parish-prays-for-osama-bin-laden\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Florida parish prays for Osama bin Laden"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/","name":"The Deacon's Bench","description":"Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970","name":"Deacon Greg Kandra","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Deacon Greg Kandra"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/author\/deacon-greg-kandra\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}