The Cult of the 'Surfer Angel'

Crowned by a frothy Wall Street Journal A-Hed.

Today’s front page Wall Street Journal A-Hed is a good one. It reads: “In Brazil, Support Swells for ‘Surfer Angel'”.

The online version of the same article has a headline that is not nearly as wink-wink: “In Brazil, ‘Surfer Angel’ is Considered for Sainthood.” From the top of Brazil WSJ correspondent John Lyons’ piece:

The would-be patron saint of good vibes is Guido Schäffer, a Brazilian priest-in-training who was 34 and about to be ordained when he drowned while surfing near Rio de Janeiro in 2009.

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