Word: monsignor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...half-hour before the 6 p.m. curfew, Monsignor Gregorio Rosa Chavez, the Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of San Salvador, arrived at the hotel...
...Touvier case has raised embarrassing questions. Police followed his trail through several Catholic monasteries. Saint-Francois is run by right- wing followers of Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre, the schismatic bishop excommunicated last year. Asked Richard Wertenschlag, Grand Rabbi of Lyons: "How could ecclesiastical institutions give cover to one who committed crimes against humanity...
...fond of food and especially of drink; he is no crowd pleaser but no fool either, a traditionalist, competent and at the same time numbed by routine. Like many a middle-age professional man, he has problems with the home office (obstructive tactics by the chancery, presided over by Monsignor "Catfish" Toohey, a despised rival of Joe's since childhood), with his clients (an overbearing parishioner who wants to buy his child's way into the church school) and with his territory (blatant boosterism for the suburb's tacky shopping mall, dominated by the "40-foot idol" of the Great...
...Catholic parochial schools were minorities; today they constitute 21.8%. The majority of the black students (64%) are not Catholic, but that does not seem to deter their parents. "I tell non-Catholic parents of incoming students that religion is an integral part of the school's curriculum," says Monsignor Thomas McCormack, principal of Cardinal Hayes. "They are pleased. That is one of the reasons they come...
...peace plan. The contras had planned to hand their proposals directly to Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, who is expected to mediate between the guerrillas and the government. Forbidden to enter Nicaraguan territory unless they accept amnesty from the Sandinistas, Robelo and Ferrey settled for handing their plan to Monsignor Etokudoh Camillus, the Vatican's emissary in Costa Rica. Etokudoh flew to Managua and presented the contra document to the Cardinal. Obando plans to meet with contra leaders before divulging their proposals to the government...