{"id":114643,"date":"2026-11-08T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=114643"},"modified":"2026-11-08T17:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:20:18","slug":"dion-dimucci-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/dion-dimucci-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"A F\u00e9 de Dion DiMucci: V\u00edcio, Cristo e a Igreja Cat\u00f3lica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Christian Pure wrote this page. If a link to thelordgodexists.com brought you here: that address once belonged to another website. We hold the lapsed address now, we have no connection with that site or with Dion DiMucci, and nothing here is taken from it. Dion DiMucci, who sang The Wanderer and Runaround Sue, is a Catholic, and he calls himself a ferocious one. He went the long way round to get there. He was baptized at Our Lady of Mount\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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