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Albrecht DŸrer (1471-1528) was the master of Renaissance printmaking, and his use of this first reproducible media can seem precociously cunning for a pre-modern artist. Throughout his career, he produced five complete series of 'Passions,' describing the stages of Christ's suffering and crucifixion. They were marketed to the masses, as devotional material to be studied in quiet meditation. Bound together into books, they were sold by Drer's wife at local fairs and by clergy at places of pilgrimage. According to the first and most unreliable of art historians, Giorgio Vasari, Drer's mid-life...
...news for non-Catholics came in "Dominus Iesus," a 36-page declaration by Pope John Paul II's doctrine chief, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, that will be sent to every Catholic bishop warning against the temptation to view other denominations as equals. "There exists a single Church of Christ, which subsists in the Catholic Church," writes Ratzinger. Churches that don't accept papal primacy are, he says, in "imperfect communion" with the church, and are "not Churches in the proper sense...
...without peer. And by extension, that others are her errant children. Indeed, Ratzinger's document insists that when the Catholic Church engages in interfaith dialogue, it only does so as "part of her evangelizing mission" in which Catholic clergy are obliged to preach to believers of other faiths that Christ is "the sole redeemer." That sentiment may be consistent with Catholic doctrine, but it's hardly surprising that other clergy are treating it as something of a cloudburst on their ecumenical parade...
...lived since 1972, providing a haven for the nation's racist misfits. Featuring a chapel, bunkhouses, gun tower and stage, the $238,000 spread serves as headquarters for Butler's activities, which include a direct-mail operation and a website. Each Sunday, at his Church of Jesus Christ Christian, he preaches hatred of Jews. And each summer he is host to an Aryan World Congress. At the three-day event in July, Butler pronounced AIDS in Africa "poetic justice." Loudspeakers blared "Aryan rock," and at night everyone enjoyed a good cross burning. But the party will probably be over...
...lived since 1973, providing a haven for the nation's racist misfits. Featuring a chapel, bunkhouses, gun tower and stage, the $238,000 spread serves as headquarters for Butler's activities, which include a direct-mail operation and a website. Each Sunday, at his Church of Jesus Christ Christian, he preaches hatred of Jews and racial minorities. And each summer he is host to an Aryan World Congress. At the three-day event in July, Butler pronounced aids in Africa "poetic justice." Loudspeakers blared "Aryan rock," and at night everyone enjoyed a good cross burning. But the party will probably...