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McNichols, 52, sounds weary when he says this, not righteous. After 23 years as a Jesuit priest, he remains deeply loyal to the church. He is a painter, among the most famous creators of Christian iconic images in the world. He has a parish that he speaks about with so much awe, it strains the imagination. And he is enraged by the notion of priests preying on children. But he says he cannot stay silent while all gay priests are blamed for such crimes. "This is an extremely dangerous moment," he says quietly...
...spots in the tournament, and the stakes are high: Not only do schools take in hundreds of thousands of dollars for participating (courtesy CBS, which will pay $6.5 billion over the next 11 years for broadcast rights), but they also receive invaluable exposure on national television. Gonzaga, a small Jesuit college in Spokane, Wash., saw enrollment soar after its team advanced deep into the tournament in each of the past three years...
...bargaining position." In early April the flow of returning refugees stalled after automatic-weapons fire hit border posts manned by Fijian and Australian peacekeepers, and grenade attacks were reported in three East Timorese villages. "Militias still have the power and the influence," says Father Edi Mulyono, of the Jesuit Refugee Service. Major Rick Moor, of the 4th Royal Australian Regiment, a U.N. border force, says refugees claim soldiers demand $25 per person to leave; the refugees, he adds, "have no way of paying...
...only Condit had had the benefit of my Jesuit high school education in Washington. In those days, the Jesuits told us that when we found ourselves thinking about sex, as adolescent boys will, we should go out and play basketball...
...historian Joseph Ellis is an old Gonzaga boy, like me and Pat Buchanan and Bill Bennett. I have been searching my memory: Was there anything in our rigorous Jesuit education that encouraged us to indulge in cheesy fabulations? I can't think of anything - rather the contrary. The Jesuits I remember had a ruthless, punitive regard for facts and truth...