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...powerful political office. If he became a legend in life and even more so in death, there was reason for it. By his vast expectations and fierce demands, by his personal life and his consummate style, he brought millions, both at home and abroad, into an unprecedented sense of communion with the U.S. presidency...
Although the 35-year-old Catholic Worker has no official connection with the church, its members generally adhere to the rules and teaching of the faith; many attend Mass and receive Communion daily. Thus, after LaPorte's death, a spokesman for the movement expressed "shock, perplexity and grief," and publicly urged other protesters "to employ other means in expressing their commitment...
Others have noted Moyers' capacity for absorbing a blistering rebuke from Johnson with the clinical detachment of a volcanologist measuring an eruption. He can do so because he is uncommonly sure of himself. There is an easy communion between the two men. Johnson kiddingly refers to Moyers as "mah Baptist preacher." Moyers, who was ordained to become a teacher, not a preacher, kids Lyndon right back. As the President tells the story, Moyers one day was saying grace before a White House dinner in such a low voice that he could hardly be heard. "Speak up, Bill!" bellowed Lyndon...
...Mantle, Maris and Montini." Instead of a solemn pontifical Mass, Paul chose to recite a simple Low Mass, to which the congregation responded rousingly in English. In keeping with the liturgical reforms of the Vatican Council, lessons were read by laymen, and twelve children-the only ones to receive Communion from the Pope that day-brought the bread and wine to the altar to be consecrated...
...from the White House and daily communion with the Washington press corps. Presidential Press Secretary Bill Moyers made the most of an unexpected opportunity to sound off about critical reporters. Cornered by local newsmen before speaking to the Charlotte, N.C., Young Democrats, Moyers was asked why President Johnson had such a reputation for managing the news. "This is uninformed criticism," Moyers replied. "The press is insatiable. We try to give out as much as we can. Often it's the inconvenience rather than the management that is criticized...