Word: catholicism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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10. "The George Wendt Show." About: Two brothers who own a garage and host a car talk show. Digging in my memory, I manage to dredge up a shadow of a mention of this show. Reasons it made the list: characters bashed the Catholic Church and associated clergy, and gay...
HOSPITALIZED. JOSEPH CARDINAL BERNARDIN, 67, head of the Chicago Roman Catholic diocese; for the removal of malignant tumors in the liver and pancreas as well as a cancerous kidney and lymph node; in Maywood, Illinois. Bernardin faces extensive chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
It made some sense that Elie Wiesel chose Venice as the place to bring together 30 interesting adolescents ("Tomorrow's Leaders") from various battlefields around the world (Bosnia, several African countries, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, some of the more violent neighborhoods of American cities) to talk about their lives...
Politicians from both Catholic and Protestant communities hedge their condemnations of this violence. "We are opposed to punishment beatings, and will not condone them," says Martin McGuinness, second-in-command of Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s political wing. "But the reality is that the community is demanding action against criminals...
Raised in a Roman Catholic household in Queens, New York, Mapplethorpe repudiated his parents and his religious upbringing. From an early age he felt "magic" in his fingers but struggled for a way to use it. He attended Pratt Institute in New York City and eventually fell into photography, even...