by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
One of the most heartwarming stories of the past week occurred when House Speaker Paul Ryan, himself a Catholic, got his butt whipped and handed to him by a Jesuit priest.
The tale began a couple of weeks ago when Paul Ryan's chief of staff, Jonathan Burks, reportedly told House Chaplain Father Patrick J. Conroy that Speaker Ryan wanted him to submit his letter of resignation. When Father Conroy asked Ryan's step-and-fetch-it if he was being fired for cause, the errand boy replied that it was probably time the House had a chaplain who wasn't a Catholic.
Others opined that may have been the result of a prayer that Father Conroy gave to the House last November when he encouraged the members to try and ensure that all people were winners in the GOP's tax bill, a plea for charity and compassion that was not universally welcome in the House.
The priest's reluctant resignation brought about a minor revolt when some of the Catholic members of the House felt that they were being unfairly put upon by the chamber's Protestant's. One member, himself a Southern Baptist minister, added fuel to that particular fire when he suggested that the next House Chaplain should be a "family" man - which some took as Pig Latin for "Catholics Need Not Apply." The situation quickly got very messy.
As Father Conroy began feeling the love of some members of Congress, he decided to hire an attorney. That move was quickly followed by a second letter from the pissed-off priest to Speaker Ryan, this one rescinding his resignation. Ryan mulled the matter over briefly and then relented - and Father Conroy is back in charge of his House flock.
It was a well deserved win for the good guys, and one that Paul Ryan is not likely to forget any time soon.
And now that Congress is back under control, maybe God will be free to turn Her attention to the White House.
Citizen Journalist
One of the most heartwarming stories of the past week occurred when House Speaker Paul Ryan, himself a Catholic, got his butt whipped and handed to him by a Jesuit priest.
The tale began a couple of weeks ago when Paul Ryan's chief of staff, Jonathan Burks, reportedly told House Chaplain Father Patrick J. Conroy that Speaker Ryan wanted him to submit his letter of resignation. When Father Conroy asked Ryan's step-and-fetch-it if he was being fired for cause, the errand boy replied that it was probably time the House had a chaplain who wasn't a Catholic.
Others opined that may have been the result of a prayer that Father Conroy gave to the House last November when he encouraged the members to try and ensure that all people were winners in the GOP's tax bill, a plea for charity and compassion that was not universally welcome in the House.
The priest's reluctant resignation brought about a minor revolt when some of the Catholic members of the House felt that they were being unfairly put upon by the chamber's Protestant's. One member, himself a Southern Baptist minister, added fuel to that particular fire when he suggested that the next House Chaplain should be a "family" man - which some took as Pig Latin for "Catholics Need Not Apply." The situation quickly got very messy.
As Father Conroy began feeling the love of some members of Congress, he decided to hire an attorney. That move was quickly followed by a second letter from the pissed-off priest to Speaker Ryan, this one rescinding his resignation. Ryan mulled the matter over briefly and then relented - and Father Conroy is back in charge of his House flock.
It was a well deserved win for the good guys, and one that Paul Ryan is not likely to forget any time soon.
And now that Congress is back under control, maybe God will be free to turn Her attention to the White House.
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