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Sandra Gail Dolley, 28, of Ludlow, Mass., is a practicing Roman Catholic who once taught catechism at her parish in Springfield. She was married in a Catholic ceremony in 1970-just as her husband began his Army service. By early 1972 the couple had separated. A priest advised Sandra to seek an annulment* but the local diocese decided there was not enough evidence to justify one. In January 1973 the couple got a civil divorce. Later that year, when Sandra began to think seriously about marrying again, she stopped receiving Communion because by remarrying she would automatically incur excommunication. Priests...
Stories like Sandra Dolley's-once unheard of-are becoming more frequent among U.S. Catholics. Faced with an incidence of Catholic divorce that is nearing the national average of one out of four, priests and lay people are seeking-and rinding-compassionate solutions that often clash with church law. What is more, many of them are publicly defending such departures from Catholic practice as the inevitable path that the church must take...
Since the U.S. has no official royalty, its leaders try to compensate by crowning their Presidents amid as much hoopla as they can devise. James and Dolley Madison set the tone back in 1809 with the first official inaugural ball in Washington-at $4 per couple...
...seen all the old movies we've always wanted to see?Humphrey Bogart and W.C. Fields. We're great fans of W.C. Fields; his sense of humor is so droll." Both are interested in history and savor the White House because of its former tenants, Tricia's favorite being Dolley Madison. "Because she was so outgoing and warm," says Tricia, "I think she bridged so many gaps present in the country...
...tour of Capitol Hill, Senator Hugh Scott reminded Charles that a Dolley Madison mirror hanging in Vice President Spiro Agnew's ceremonial office was from the days "when your ancestors burned the White House," and South Carolina's Strom Thurmond gave the prince his senatorial calling card. Anne perked up briefly to offer the undiplomatic, yet reasonable observation that the bald eagle was "rather a bad choice" as the American national symbol. The royal pair asked why it had been selected, and none of their escorts, who included House Speaker John McCormack and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford...