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...Irish mother Helen ran what John, the youngest of six, calls "the family business": show business. Mom directed local theater works; the other kids acted or studied music. John worked at becoming an actor-dancer-singer, and at 17 he almost won the title role in the Broadway Jesus Christ Superstar. The part he did get that year was in a summer theater revival of The Boy Friend. He has a word-perfect memory of the audition: "The producer, who was 93, said, 'There are people here who can sing and dance better than you. But nobody has as much...
...Joseph Ratzinger wrote of the "filth" of the Church in apparent reference to the sex scandals. Among the boldest administrative moves of Benedict since his 2005 election was the disciplining last year of Mexico's Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, the 86-year-old founder of the conservative Legionaries of Christ, who had long been accused of past sexual abuse...
...comedian and activist Beppe Grillo had declared Sept. 8 "Vaffanculo Day" to organize a protest against the sclerotic political establishment. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lets vulgar expressions slip out in public about twice a year. Still, with Italy's deep Catholic roots, profanity that takes God's or Christ's name in vain is widely frowned upon, and has cost several public figures their jobs...
...scripture's stance on homosexuality is particularly instructive. He said, "It's impossible to get from Scripture anything straightforwardly positive about same-sex relationships." The Bible states that all such relationships are wrong. When one comes to the Christian faith, one is expected to work at becoming more like Christ, not to mold Christ to fit one's beliefs. The Archbishop would not have had to deal with this crisis if he had been sincere enough to follow Jesus Christ's teachings, as clearly stated in the Bible. Bukola Apantaku, LEICESTER, ENGLAND...
...minimize them, the very existence of such an identity is news to a lot of people. The president’s gown, for example, is a form of clerical rather than of academic dress, and the Corporation’s official seal still reads “Truth for Christ and the Church;” both are functioning contemporary vestiges of Harvard’s religious past...