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...black Americans have been predominantly Protestant. Despite extensive outreach by the Roman Catholic Church, only 2 million of America's 54 million lay Catholics and 300 of the nation's 19,000 priests are black. Thirteen of 314 active Catholic bishops in the U.S. are black. The first black archbishop, Eugene Marino, was assigned to Atlanta only last year. Catholicism has not only had difficulty finding new recruits in the black community, it is even beginning to lose its grip on those few already in the fold...
Harvard took off the kid gloves during this year's overseers race after HRAAA nominated South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu. Despite apocalyptic predictions by some Harvard officials and alumni, Tutu was elected to the Board and became its fourth HRAAA member...
DESPITE this year's election of Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu to the Harvard Board of Overseers from a pro-divestment slate of candidates, several newly adopted changes in the Board's election process will now allow the University administration to stifle the voices of alumni who disagree with Harvard's policies...
...palace of gossipy eunuchs" and "a sea of brilliant bitchery." Last week a Vatican official derided Cornwell's findings as "lamentably gossipy." But disturbing as the author's conclusions may be, not everyone was displeased. "It's much better to appear a little ridiculous," said Vittoria Marigonda, secretary to Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, "than to be seen as a bunch of murderers...
...Seeking to advance the candidacy of South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu to the Harvard Board of Overseers and calling on the University to divest, a group of Divinity School students begin two days of prayer and fasting in Memorial Church...