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Much of the activity towards the end of the week at FAP was preparation for the Yard Pageant on Saturday night...
Mother Angelica preaches total loyalty to the Pope and the magisterium (the church's teaching authority). Her most provocative expression of that faith took place during John Paul II's 1993 visit to the World Youth Day conference in Denver. One feature of this event was a mimed pageant on the stations of the Cross in which the role of Jesus was performed by a woman. Several bishops were present and took no umbrage, but Mother Angelica was aghast. Having a female represent Christ was "an abomination" and "blasphemy" perpetrated by unnamed Catholic liberals who want to "divide and separate...
MISS AMERICA PAGEANT A p.r. coup: swimsuit "vote" to decide if entrants bare essentials...
...critics of the pageant, the pointy high heels, structured one-piece bathing suits, sprayed hairdos and use of double-sided duct tape to stuff those bodies into their costumes seem like a throwback to the 1950s...
Karen Johnson, national secretary for the National Organization for Women, questioned why pageant officials don't just eliminate the swimsuits without a vote. She called the 900-number "just another marketing gimmick...