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...Prayer of Commendation, reading from a letter that Kennedy had asked President Barack Obama to hand deliver to the Pope earlier this summer. The Senator asked for the Pope's prayers because he knew his brain cancer had the upper hand. "I know that I have been an imperfect human being," Kennedy wrote, "but with the help of my faith I have tried to right my path." The Vatican's letter in response, made public by the Cardinal for the first time, encouraged Kennedy to remember that suffering can have its own spiritual force...
...Pretty soon human-caused N2O emissions will be greater than all other ozone-depleting substances combined," says John Daniel, an atmospheric scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a co-author of the Science study. "It will be the dominant gas in the future." (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...Human trials began earlier in the month for an H1N1 vaccination, but McVay admits it may be December or January before vaccine recipients get the full benefit of immunization. "It takes two weeks to make antibodies, so you're just as vulnerable the day after as you were the day before," he says, adding that researchers are still unsure whether a booster shot will be needed. If it is, there will be a three-week delay before it can be administered, then an additional two-week wait for more antibodies to form. (What's behind the unproven swine flu vaccine...
...ennobler of the Kennedys. One by one, they had passed into immortality, leaving Ted alone among the men of the family to live a full span. His brothers became the sweetened distillate of their best days and handsomest poses, while he made his way through more-mottled seasons, merely human, with all that humanity entails - the mistakes, misjudgments, weaknesses, appetites and fears. Could it be that the real Kennedy curse was not early death but long life, suffering by comparison to a mythical might-have-been...
Indeed, abortion was the main topic for which Kennedy received criticism from church leaders. He had begun his political career opposed to abortion - in a 1971 letter, Kennedy wrote, "Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized." But like many other Democratic politicians, he became a supporter of abortion rights by the 1980s. By the end of his career he was regularly awarded a 100% positive rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America for his abortion-related votes, a record that put him at odds with Church leadership...