41.   Two collection plates were presented, one before you could get down the aisle.

42.   When a priest repents after being caught dipping in the collections plate, there is forgiveness.

43.   Powell also says he may pass a collection plate to help raise cash for the new Afghan interim government.

44.   Churches were also welcoming a windfall of old coins as parishioners offloaded their soon-to-be extinct currencies into collection plates during the first post-euro Sunday Masses.

45.   Faithful near Naples have found a way to get rid of one cent and two cent euro coins -- put them in the collection plates at their local church.

46.   Less money drops into collection plates these days because of dwindling membership, and the church is grappling with a shortage of priests.

47.   Some of the unemployed have moved away, leaving collection plates a little lighter on Sundays.

48.   Some critics accuse Kutino of being less interested in saving souls than in filling the plastic laundry baskets circulated at the end of service in lieu of collection plates.

49.   Would the collection plate dry up because people assumed the church was wealthy?

50.   Since then, parishioners have begun to use the collection plate to get rid of their small change, the priest charged.