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...observer and participant. On the eve of the convention he wrote a column speculating that the meeting could erupt into violence. He appeared on Houston TV to criticize Presiding Bishop John Hines' administration. During the convention, he testified at a budget-committee hearing. And each day, wearing clerical garb at the typewriter, he wrote an outspoken column for the Houston Post. Reaction was angry. Twenty-three Houston priests denounced his preconvention column as irresponsible troublemaking. Black radicals within the church were so offended by Kinsolving's attacks (he has compared black caucuses to the Ku Klux Klan) that...
...attack came shortly after the Pontiff stepped out of his chartered Alitalia DC-8 into the bright sunshine at Manila airport. As Paul and Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos pushed through throngs of admirers, a crewcut man in gray clerical garb, holding a crucifix, rushed forward. Suddenly he slipped a foot-long Malay dagger out of his sleeve and lunged. Churchmen around the Pope blocked the assailant, and security men swiftly wrestled...
...exciting. It's real community T.V.," said Judith M. Garb '71 who has been working for WGBX-TV. "If you have a format just call up (868-3800) and we'll give you a date. We do the shows live...
...their daughter back to life. The sarcastic expose of superstition is vitiated by a focus on the campy quaintness of the old couple and the vulgarity of their revivified daughter (Alaina Warren). The mixing of styles proves particularly annoying in Felder's early appearances as the Devil in military garb: here the low comic vein is salient. With an absurd German accent, Felder conveys about as strong a sense of evil as anyone can with a halfpasted-on moustache and a shrill delivery...
...simple ritual performed by a bishop. It would be a binding, permanent commitment to the virginal state, with dispensation from the decision being reserved to bishops. Lay women taking this vow will be known as "Christian virgins." Unlike nuns, they need not join a religious order, wear any special garb or be required to live in convents or special communities. Beyond maintaining their virginity, they may if they wish function as assistants in the missionary field, in line with their interests and abilities. According to the Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship, which announced the Vatican plan, the new rite...