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Considering it a “delayed vocation,” Ajemian joined the Roman Catholic priesthood later in life than most, and was ordained in Massachusetts in 2001. Until his arrest, Ajemian served in the Boston area’s St. Patrick’s parish...
...York Times reported after his arrest that some of Ajemian’s letters to O’Brien were written on parish letterhead...
...faith was a source of something like contempt. For many in the British media, there is no fault worse than to be a sanctimonious "Creeping Jesus." During Blair's time in office, the satirical magazine Private Eye ran a regular (and very funny) column in the form of a parish newsletter, with Blair cast as the cloyingly earnest vicar of St. Albion church. Over the years, I have been struck by the vehement unwillingness of people in Britain to accept that Blair's faith is genuine or that it might provide genuine insights into our global condition. His religiosity...
Americans should not fear the rise of developing nations, said Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, at an event sponsored by the Harvard Book Store Thursday evening. The discussion, held at the First Parish Church, featured questions by history professor Niall C. Ferguson and focused on what Zakaria described as the “rise of the rest,” particularly China and India. Zakaria—whose new book “The Post-American World” was released this month—said that the modernization of developing countries could actually benefit the U.S. Zakaria...
...Last month Obama came under fire for comments made by his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright from the pulpit over the years, including calling on his parish to "God damn America," and labeling the country the "U.S. of KKK A." Obama responded with an eloquent speech on race and the furor died down. This time, though, giving an intellectual speech is not going to easily solve the problem. Either way, Obama is going to have to find a way to speak to working-class white voters, if not before the Pennsylvania primary on April 22, than certainly in the general...