Word: fran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This Child. Fran Klug's pleasant, unlined face reveals no emotion as she waits for her heavenly "locutions" to start coming through. In a few moments her lips begin to move. Her voice is even and soft. "I am St. Joseph," the voice says. "There has been no one like this child [Mrs. K.] except when the son walked the land. I, St. Joseph, will tell you things you have never known." Then, instead of some horrific revelation, comes a homey bit of apocrypha from the saint, telling how the Holy Family rushed away from the dinner table...
...assembly holds its breath. "My beloved," intones God the Father. "A long time ago I created this hill, and I have come now in this day to repossess it. It will bring millions of souls to me." Then, incredibly on such a clear day, thunder rumbles in the hills. Fran Klug rubs her eyes. But it does not take a sign to confirm the faith of her followers. They have already formed a corporation for Fran's "Hill of Hope" and have raised the $100,000 down payment on a $1.1 million purchase of its 440 acres...
...Blessed Trinity," according to the weekly newsletter of St. Joseph's Hill of Hope Corp. The center will include a basilica, seminary, retreat house, pilgrim house, hospital, monastery, museum, amphitheater, restaurant and religious goods store. "God approves everything, even how the buildings will look," says one of Fran's aides. If so, the Trinity must be taking lessons from Walt Disney. Leading across a ravine to the basilica will be the "Examination of Conscience" bridge, on which sins against the Decalogue will be represented, in order that "we might be cleansed by the time we reach the great...
Names have been a matter of high national policy in France since 1539, when King François I decreed that the names of all newborn children had not only to be registered but also submitted to priests for approval, which usually meant that the names had to be chosen from the saints' hagiography. Still, by 1803 the proliferation of names was such that a law was enacted strictly limiting the selection of first names to those of the saints or of Greek, Roman or biblical origin. Charles de Gaulle loosened the names policy somewhat in 1966, but French...
...boss as head of the dictatorial Baath (Renaissance) Party, actually told the French government of his plans to take over I.P.C. But he was sufficiently encouraged to return last week for a session with President Pompidou. After the meeting, Takriti announced a considerable diplomatic and commercial coup: the Compagnie Française des Petroles-one of six former corporate owners of I.P.C.-will take 23% of Iraq's oil over the next ten years. Italy's government-owned energy company, E.N.I., which had been reluctant to be first to do business with Baghdad, also signed a contract...