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...article about Roman Catholic clergy stealing from parishioners [Feb. 26]: You reported that, after the discovery of embezzlement, a bishop decreed biennial audits for every parish. That hardly inspires confidence. Anything short of an annual audit shouldn't be sanctioned. No publicly held company would be allowed that practice. Why should parishioners' gifts be treated any differently? Sounds like the same ol' cover...
...Palm Beach in 2003 to fix a diocese already reeling from the departure of two of his predecessors under sexual-abuse accusations--one of whom had also dismissed reports of financial misconduct against Guinan at another parish in the 1990s. Following the St. Vincent discovery in 2005, Barbarito decreed biennial audits for every Palm Beach parish. But only a handful of other U.S. dioceses are cracking down. Chicago recently set up a hotline to report malfeasance, and St. Louis is creating a centralized bookkeeping system. But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops insists that canon law does not allow...
Thirty-five of the 36 confirmed attendees at the biennial conference—which brings together newly elected Congressional members to learn about effective lawmaking and leadership—are Democrats. The lone Republican planning to attend is Vernon “Vern” Buchanan of Florida, who picked up Katherine Harris’ vacated House seat, according to the Institute of Politics (IOP) list of participants...
...Research on Women (ICRW) Geeta Rao Gupta won the award, which is given to an individual who has contributed significantly to women’s professional growth. ICRW is a non-profit organization that focuses on women in developing and transition countries. GSE Dean Kathleen McCartney presented the biennial prize to Gupta in front of a crowd of around 100. Gupta also discussed her work in a lecture entitled, “Unlocking the Power of Women: Is Education the Key?”, drawing on her own life as a case study for her research. “Everything...
...calendar of anniversaries, somewhere between Christmas (an annual) and Halley's comet (a demisesquicentennial), there is the biennial. Held in about 60 cities throughout the world, the art biennial (or biennale, to give it the oft-preferred Italian name) affords local and invited international artists a chance to [an error occurred while processing this directive] meet and show off their creations, and provides art lovers with an opportunity to see lots of new work by undiscovered talent. Since about 85% of biennials are government-initiated, there's often a strong community aspect to these events. Instead of disappearing after...