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...Ratzinger was in his Vatican office when the phone rang with bad news. John Paul's long and brave battle with failing health looked to be nearing its end, and as the dean of the College of Cardinals it would be Ratzinger's duty to formally notify his brother Cardinals once the Pope had died. Ratzinger hurried into a black Mercedes and was driven from the office of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, around the one-lane road behind St. Peter's Basilica, to the elevator that would bring him up to the Pope's private quarters...
...showed no sign of giving ground on either flank, but he listened. At October's Synod of Bishops, he introduced the first-ever open discussion period, and took part in it. "That the Pope himself spoke up was evidence that he wants a direct and immediate dialogue with his brother Bishops - a precious sign of a healthy collegiality," says Scola, whom Benedict picked to preside over the three-week-long meeting. And he reaches out, above all, to his flock. Benedict has already produced a series of penetrating homilies, using language that often doesn't quite sound like it should...
...Another masterpiece released in teasing installments, the first half of David B.'s phantasmagorical memoir about growing up with an epileptic brother was brilliant enough to merit the top spot in TIME's top comix list of 2002. Finally partnered with the second half as a complete graphic novel, readers can at last enjoy the full scope of Epileptic's remarkable meditation on the nature of illness, the impact of history on the present, and the need to create fantasies and art. David B. seems to have total recall of what it was like growing up with a stigmatized brother...
...Internet sources, he began speaking out against the war. He claims that American news outlets began a backlash.“When people started vilifying me and my family, I decided to write the play,” he says. Recalling his low-income upbringing, and how his younger brother missed being drafted in the Vietnam War by only a year, Robbins says he was outraged that America was “letting the lower class fight this war.”But, once the play opened, he says, the fact that critics didn’t acknowledge the gravity...
...right afterward: Shame.1. In the first episode of the season, a tanned Marissa and Summer sat poolside, rocking iced coffee and oversized sunglasses. In case you forgot the topic of their discussion, I’ll refresh your memory: Marissa’s shooting of Ryan’s brother. I bet that coffee tasted real good, girls. Ahh…humanitarianism. (I think the turtle just flipped over.)Top 5 “Awkward Turtle” Moments Still to Come (Note: These are not spoilers…just educated guesses.)5. Summer will get a letter from Brown...