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...attended a Mass where the Pope performed the first beatification of a black African woman, Sister Marie-Clementine Anuarite Nengapeta, who was beaten and bayoneted to death in 1964 as she resisted a rape. Before a hushed assembly that included Anuarite's family, John Paul recounted that the martyred nun had, "like Christ," pardoned the soldier who assaulted her. Then he added dramatically, "And I too forgive her killer with all my heart, in the name of the entire church." The man, educated by missionaries, had asked publicly for the Pope's healing words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Strengthening Spiritual Ties | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

DIED. JEAN O'LEARY, 57, ex-nun and leader in the nascent gay-rights movement, who rejected the meeker goals of associates and organized the first meeting of gay and lesbian leaders at the White House, in 1977; of lung cancer; in San Clemente, Calif. One of three openly gay delegates to the 1976 Democratic National Convention, she co-founded National Coming Out Day, which since 1988 has encouraged gays to step out of the closet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 20, 2005 | 6/12/2005 | See Source »

Viewers are tuning in as if it'll be the end of the world if they miss NATASCHA MCELHONE as a nun helping Bill Pullman delay Armageddon in NBC's mini-series Revelations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Popcorn Post-Passion | 5/8/2005 | See Source »

Maybe they should take a hint from “Dr. Richard Massey,” whose biggest breaks have come from the wisdom of a nun...

Author: By Chase P. Mohney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The End is Near, Astronomer Says | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

...signs of the virus in donor blood. About 2% of AIDS cases in the U.S. have occurred as a result of the contamination of blood used in transfusions or in blood products like the clotting factor needed by hemophiliacs. The toll includes infants, children, even a 66-year-old nun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: A Growing Threat | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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