Word: clericalism
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...female or male -- the goal is more subtle. "If the only problem is that he fell in love, this is not the place for him," says Father John Loftus, a psychologist who runs Southdown, a treatment center in Aurora, Ont. "There's nothing psychiatrically abnormal about that." Where a cleric often needs help, says Loftus, is in his "professing one thing and living another." Some priests deny they have a conflict; others are tortured by guilt. For some, sexual activity may be a signal of other problems, such as burnout, depression or loneliness...
...turns out, Souter, like everyone, has a personality, if not strong personal opinions, and a rich inner life, which he was able to keep to himself until last Monday. Friends describe him as a combination of the intellectual, scholarly, never married Justice Benjamin Cardozo and a tightfisted solitary cleric. In looks and wit, he resembles comedian Pat Paulsen; in his 5 o'clock shadow, Richard Nixon. He favors well-worn suits (black robes are said to add color to his wardrobe), cheap cars (a 1987 Volkswagen), non-power lunches (cottage cheese and an apple) and classical music. His main indulgence...
Three well-dressed young men walked into Maulvi Muhammad Farooq's office in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, last week and politely asked to see him. When the Muslim cleric and political leader joined them, they pulled out pistols, shot him ten times and ran. One hour later, Farooq, 45, died on the operating table at a nearby hospital...
...instrumental in Polhill's release, blamed the breakdown on the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a nonbinding resolution urging that a united Jerusalem become the capital of Israel. "The Muslims in Lebanon offered a rose only to get a stone thrown on them," said the bearded cleric. The resolution was ill timed as well as contrary to long-standing U.S. policy; it gave Musawi a handy excuse for failing to produce the second hostage release he had forecast...
This time he avoided stirring up controversy. He declined to respond to Botha's charges, and he turned down a request to lead a protest against a visiting English cricket team. Still, black South Africans were unrestrained in their welcome for the American cleric. In Soweto, where he visited Sisulu, Jackson was followed by scores of singing and dancing people who, in addition to their traditional paeans to Mandela and the A.N.C., chanted "Long live Jesse Jackson...