Worshiping Papi?

[Mark Sacks]

Barbara Need wrote:
>
> I would assume it meant "God the Father". Papi means "Daddy" or "Dad"
> (that what I called my Paraguayan host father, just as his children
> did). It would not surprise me that they would use a familiar term
> for God. (Who is David Ortiz?)
>

If you lived in Boston or followed baseball, you would know that David
Ortiz, a star hitter for the Red Sox, is known as Big Papi. A Google
search for "Papi" turns up his name as well.

Marc
msacks at theworld.com

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