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...whether the plateau means the Vatican's prayers have been answered or whether the numbers will continue to fall again later. But the Pope can be expected to welcome signs of a Catholic resurgence with open arms. Father Rossi might not be able to get Benedict dancing at the altar, but the numbers he has helped produce just might...
...Dick Cheney took that ball and ran with it, and manipulated us like a horde.”THE BRO’HOODBut while Jenkins feels comfortable bad-mouthing almost everyone, there are some things, in the world of rock, that are sacred. “The altar of U2 is a place where I would kneel,” says Jenkins. “We did 11 dates with them. We were just super brand-new and we were at some gigantic stadium and Adam Clayton walked in with a case of Guinness,” says Jenkins with...
...turf, and how fast would he get out? Why, Smith baldly lied, he and his mates had merely been chased upriver by the wicked Spanish and would soon be gone. Powhatan, who knew better, signaled for a band of sinewy warriors to press Smith's head upon an altar of stone and prepare to beat out his brains with clubs. But Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas intervened (see following story), and the chief embraced Smith as one of his own, giving him the honorary tribal name of Nantaquoud. He even offered Smith some nearby land. Smith instead returned to Jamestown, where...
...1960s. Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone recently confirmed to Le Figaro newspaper that this motu proprio, or personal initiative of the Pontiff, will allow any priest to say the mass according to the old Tridentine rite (which is delivered in Latin with the priest facing the altar, his back to the congregation), rather than have to seek approval from the local bishop as is now required...
...Another of the study’s findings is that levels of social mobility in America are far lower than those in Europe. This is surprising because Europe, it is commonly thought, has sacrificed entrepreneurial drive and social dynamism on the altar of equality. There could never be an Andrew Carnegie or a Dave Thomas (the founder of Wendy’s) in the socialistic paradises of Scandinavia...