Fans of patron saint of clerics see him as patron of ‘handgunner’
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — From lost causes to the unattractive, patron saints are associated with virtually every occupation, ailment and activity.
St. Gabriel Francis Possenti, a 19th-century Passionist monk and patron saint of Italy's Abruzzi region, clerics and youths, is gaining a line of followers who feel he should be recognized by the Vatican as the patron saint of “handgunners.”
The St. Gabriel Possenti Society of Arlington, Va., is an interdenominational society dedicated to promoting the public recognition of the saint and advocating his Vatican designation as patron of “handgunners.” It emphasizes historical, philosophical and theological bases for the right to self-defense.
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