Word: cassock
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...first five minutes Actor Guin ness has a splendid whack at Chesterton's old dear: egg on the cassock, shy peer over specks askew, sedentary hobble, sly little grin. But in the long run, it becomes painfully clear that while Comedian Guinness can do no wrong as a sanctimonious rogue (The Lavender Hill Mob, The Captain's Paradise), it is just about impossible to do right by a roguish saint...
...university dining halls at Evanston, the dignified Archbishop of Canterbury, in his handsome purple cassock, followed by his wife, moved slowly in line, carrying trays cafeteria-style . . . Both exhibited . . . superb good humor in adjusting themselves to this American style of dining. Refreshing was the Archbishop's intimate fellowship with Presiding Bishop Sherrill of the American Protestant Episcopal Church. Affectionately he called him "Henry," while he in turn called the Archbishop "Jeff." I wonder how many Britishers would dare to say "Jeff" to the man who crowned Queen Elizabeth...
...sent letters to the relatives of 6,000 after he returned to the U.S.) On Christmas Eve, he said midnight Mass at I Corps chapel, the next day flew up to the front, where he spoke to 2,500 marines in the ist Division's amphitheater, his stole, cassock and surplice fitting snugly over...
...Cassock Ribbons. At their printing plant inside the monastery, the monks still turn out books and magazines in the Basque language. In their trips through the countryside, they work quietly to preserve the Basque consciousness of their people, as well as certain moral freedoms generally overlooked in the rest of Spain. A year ago, during serious anti-government strikes in the Basque provinces, Spanish bishops were warning priests to tell the people that such striking was a mortal sin. One of Aranzazu's Franciscans, speaking from the pulpit, countered: "The right to strike without violence is a right granted...
...from slipping away from the country. A few days later, they left the monastery to go down to their scattered parishes, their faith renewed by the monastery's support. Said one, caressing a small green, white and red ribbon (for the Basque national colors) pinned on his rough cassock: "While there is one Franciscan at the shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu, the Basque culture will...