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...those of other faiths. We share in Benedict’s hope that he will not let “his own light” become the focus, but rather that he serve single mindedly as a benefactor for humanity and use his office for the greater good of mankind. Benedict has sounded a tone of humility in his first hours as pontiff, a tone that accords well with a church accustomed to the example of John Paul II. If he succeeds in these tasks, he will not only be a worthy successor or a mere transition figure...
...later, Nagasaki. While speakers at many of the rallies echoed Araki's agenda, for the most part they avoided both partisan rhetoric and talk of disarmament. Like the Hiroshima service, which used doves to make its point, many of the American commemoratives made use of simple symbols to underscore mankind's vulnerability to nuclear weapons. The displays were frail and mute, but they managed to express deep fears for the survival of the race, which the language of policy analysis has not defused in the 40 years since Hiroshima. And they raised, too, 40-year-old questions of whether...
...gesture of disapproval. The Botha government's state of emergency has been denounced throughout the world. Last week, as he prepared to leave for a trip to seven black African countries, Pope John Paul II declared that South Africa's policy of apartheid was weighing on "the conscience of mankind," adding, "Our repugnance toward any form of racial discrimination is absolute and total...
...fact, this is what Frank and Maisie comes down to: side-of-the-mouth spiritual autobiography. In possibly his most solemn passage, Sheed writes, "Religion as such strikes me as a desperate attempt on the part of mankind to bore itself to death in expiation of some forgotten excitement." Pilgrims wandering to the rhythm of the old soft-shoe, Frank and Maisie dedicated themselves to fighting original boredom as passionately as original sin. Their son, in his own terms, is happily carrying on the family business. --By Melvin Maddocks
...awesome responsibility that faced Reagan and Gorbachev was to withdraw from this distressing clamor and, in those quiet moments by themselves, search for some genuine gesture from each other. For the good of mankind. It did not matter if it was just a look or a word; it could be a start toward something much larger. --By Hugh Sidey