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\u2026 I contend there is no other religion more manly<\/a> and burly<\/a> and punk rock<\/a> than Catholicism. I know Google forgot<\/a>, but today is D Day. Eh, they\u2019re a bunch of commies anyway<\/a>. To honor the occasion and the grit that makes up Catholic priests I offer you these images to consider. <\/p>\n

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Fr. Francis L. Sampson blesses the dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fr. Sampson of Sioux Falls, S.D., gives absolution to American paratroopers killed in action, in Saint Marie Dumont, France, U.S. Army Photo, 7 June 1944 (Note that bodies are wrapped in parachutes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read the bio of Fr. Sampson here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Photographed by Frank Scherschel - Priest administering Last Rites and the Eucharist to a soldier in France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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photographed by Frank Scherschel- A priest says mass in the dappled sunlight of France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Source \u2013 Before and After D Day \u2013 Rare Color Photos. See all 26<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I love our priests. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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