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Perhaps Manzù's greatest work, the doors (opposite) bear four bas-reliefs representing four saints of charity. They show St. Martin of Tours cutting his cape on an icy night to share it with Jesus, appearing as a beggar (upper left); St. Severinus, who died near Salzburg, helping a woman out of prison during a Hun invasion (upper right); the execution of St. Engelbert Kolland (lower left); and St. Francis offering his cloak (lower right). In the center a sheaf of wheat and a cluster of vines, symbolizing the bread and wine of the Eucharist, serve...
...stumbling blocks. His answer: "No one has thought that other courses could be harder-for example, living eight years under a state of siege. But we have just done that, and I do not see why we cannot now coexist peacefully, rebuilding the country, for twelve years." A crippled beggar in Bogotá spoke for most Colombians when asked if he knew what the plebiscite issue was. "I know," he said, "that yes means peace and no means violence. I want peace...
Last week Emmy-winning Bishop Sheen announced that he would leave TV "temporarily" in order to devote more time to his "first duty, which is to be a beggar with a tin cup in my hand for the poor of the world." Added Sheen: "From a worldly point of view there are many reasons for continuing on TV; but from a spiritual point of view, one must occasionally retire from the lights of TV to the shades and shadows of the Cross, where the soul is refreshed and strengthened. As the retirement was dictated by spiritual considerations, so will...
...During the Civil War, with Union gold reserves running low, President Lincoln suggested that instead of "In God We Trust," a more fitting motto for greenbacks would be the Apostle Peter's words to the lame beggar (Acts 3:6): "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee...
Throughout his life the Aga Khan's pastoral letters to his flocks were full of good, sound and fatherly advice. The ancient Moslem tradition of tossing a coin to the leprous beggar in the square was brought up to date by the Aga Khan in huge endowments to hospitals and schools...