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Byline: Mary Kunz Goldman

Nov. 1--Romancing the stone

We know, Catholic churches have closed in Boston, Chicago, etc. But we bet, proudly, that they didn't kick and scream as much as we have. Just in: an anonymous flier announcing an All Souls Day Protest. "If one of you asks his father for a loaf, will he hand you a stone?" it demands, quoting the Gospel of Luke. "Bshp. Kmiec is giving us stones!" (The flier also shortens Kmiec's title to "Bshp.") Here's the deal: You're supposed to give the bishop a stone. Mail or take it to his house, 185 Oakland Place -- or, if you can't, drop it in the collection at church. "Before it gets closed," organizers add. Buzz …