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...Saturday morning. a few parishioners of bustling and growing St. Joseph Catholic Church in suburban Baltimore, Maryland, gather in a member's living room to discuss their Roman Catholic faith. The people from St. Joe's, a parish of 10,000, speak reverentially about Pope John Paul II. He is a familiar figure to them, and at last they may be able to catch a glimpse of him in person. A long and rich history hovers in the background. Founded as a colonial refuge for English Catholics in 1634, Maryland later served as headquarters of the first diocese...
...generation and survived with loyalties largely intact? Our polling shows the usual wide disagreement with church teachings on hot-button issues, but the news here is the unshakable lay devotion at parish level." Ostling saw that devotion close up, interviewing would-be priests in Missouri and parishioners in Maryland, and even chatting with Father Greeley in Michigan. Might he pop up in a future Greeley novel? "No, it will not happen," says Ostling modestly, with a laugh. "At least I hope it doesn...
Your cover story "The Rape of Siberia" is a disappointment. You seem to have compassion for the soil but not for the lives of the hundreds of thousands of Estonians, Latvians, Ukrainians and members of other nations who perished in Siberia during Soviet rule. AINA O. NUCHO Baltimore, Maryland...
...sure that in my 'zine people know what's happening, and I'm going to tell them to stay away from corporate 'zines that are more interested in making a buck than preserving the public's last breath of free expression. DAVE NOWAK, age 16 Editor, Potato Blight Baltimore, Maryland...
...they go to great lengths in seeking it. Linda Yueh, a Harvard Ph.D. candidate and Georgetown law student, was denied the Maryland crown (though she had won the early competitions) after a wrangle over her eligibility. Last week, still hoping to be onstage in Atlantic City, she sued the state and national pageants. Dershowitz, who took time out from jogging beside the O.J. limo to advise Yueh, waxes apoplectic at the injustice: "The Miss America contest should not turn into the World Wrestling Federation. We don't want Miss America to become the Quiz Show of the 1990s...