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Looks more like a Blues Brother

Ray Napierski, the guy in the fedora, is posing as a Roman Catholic bishop.  The purple sash is actually a scarf, and his cossack was about a foot too short.  Yet, somehow, he made is through at least one security check.

Here, Napierski greets Cardinal Sebastiana during the run-up to the conclave.  Napierski says he is a member of the Italian Orthodox Church and part of an organization he calls Corpus Dei.

Lectionary blogging: Epiphany 2: John 2: 1-11

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

Translation:  And on the third day, a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee and the mother of Jesus was there, and also Jesus was called, and his disciples, into the wedding.  And they were not having wine because the marriage wine had been completed.  After that, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."  Jesus said to her, "What to me and you, woman?  My hour is not yet come."  His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, you do."

But there were six stone water-jars there, set according to the Judean cleansing, each containing twenty or thirty gallons.  Jesus said to them, "Fill the water-pots with water."  And they filled them to the brim.  And he said to them, "Now draw out and bring to the governor of the feast."  And they brought. 

But just as the governor of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, and he did not know where it came--but the servants knew, the ones having drawn the water--the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and said to him, "Every person gives the good wine first, and when they were drunk, the lesser (wine).  You have kept the good wine until now."  Jesus did this, first of signs, in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples trusted into him.

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Look out, Luxembourg

At one time or another, England has invaded just about every country in the world, but not Luxembourg.

Yet.

Reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated

Gilberto Marcos Araujo showed up at his own funeral.