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Involvement in the Arab-Israeli dispute by a cleric is far from unique. Priests of the Armenian Church have worked as agents for both the Israelis and the Arabs; Russian Orthodox clergymen in the Middle East have served as spies for the Soviet Union; even Franciscan monks have been suspected of engaging in intelligence activities for the Arabs. The ease with which clerics can travel across national frontiers makes them especially valuable as operatives. They are often motivated by an intellectual commitment to the cause they serve-and sometimes, alas, by the enormous sums of money they can make. Israeli...
...Nurse fully under control. And well she might, for she has been doing the role for at least 14 years. The touchstone remains Dame Edith Evans, however, who polished her interpretation continuously for 36 years. Similarly, Jack Gwillim first played the Friar long ago, and imbues the eccentric cleric with exemplary kindness and geniality...
Tristana. "Sex without religion is like an egg without salt." Luis Bunuel--probably the most fanatical anti-cleric in the history of Iberian civilization--said that, with characteristic lucidity, of this his most lucid film. But it really is lucid: for once, there's no need to pardon this aging genius his obscure symbology or warped sense of humor or ideological obsessions, because Tristana is a beautifully integrated masterpiece. An aging gentleman (Fernando Rey) exploits a young and nunnish dependent (Catherine Deneuve) until she snatches the dominating role away from him, becoming perhaps the crueler tyrant. The story threads lightly...
...Toronto; of a heart attack; in Toronto. In 1930 McGuigan became Archbishop of Regina, Sask.-at 35 the world's youngest archbishop. During the Depression, he sold his bishop's palace to the Franciscans to ease his diocese's heavy debts. In 1946 the soft-spoken cleric was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Pius...
...later books, Hanley has shown a finer hand without sacrificing power, particularly in The Closed Harbor (1953), the story of a sea captain who haunts the docks after losing his ship, and in Another World (1972), in which sexual passion turns the collar of a middle-aged cleric. Through the years, Hanley's lasting concern with life's leftovers and outcasts has changed only in style. The line between A Woman in the Sky and Men in Darkness (1931) is direct. "Obliterate yourself...