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...counting on Benedict touching down in China. Though there are an estimated 12 million Catholics in the Middle Kingdom, its diplomatic ties with the Vatican have remained broken since 1951. Rome has repeatedly reached out to Beijing, hoping to overcome a standoff over who appoints China 's Catholic bishops. The so-called Patriotic Church, which reports to Beijing, has continued to crack down on papal loyalists in China and appoint bishops without Rome's consent. The two-day meeting in Rome was another sign that the Pope is hoping a softer approach will open the door to normalization...
...image of a tough guy who can stand up to these people," he says. "They don't see the man who sits at nights there in the chair and cries over his son." With his son's case coming to a close, McCord has his eye on plans to appoint an official champion for Northern Ireland's victims of violence. It will be a tough job, but he believes a hard...
Andrew B. English ’07 Associate editorial chair Seeking a president who will not offend women, American Indians, “soft” social scientists, or people, the presidential search committee will appoint Kermit the Frog. Kermit will promptly be deemed sexist for calling his girlfriend...
...hotly contested primaries - the holding of which earned him plaudits, since the party's nomination had previously simply gone to its leader, which would have made him the presidential candidate. His sacrifice is substantial, since in the event of a Socialist sweep, Royal won't even be able to appoint the extremely capable Hollande as prime minister without provoking accusations of nepotism. Even as the stoic Hollande keeps his eyes on the prize, though, he's not avoiding policy battles - even with his partner...
...Democrats if such negative mailings didn't stop. They stopped, but the Congressman lost narrowly to an academic named Dave Loebsack, who had similarly refused to attack him. A former foreign service officer, Leach would make a terrific U.S. ambassador to the U.N., but I doubt that Bush would appoint an anti?Iraq-war multilateralist...