Word: pontiff
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After holding a mass for more than 80,000 people huddled in a driving rain last night in New Jersey's Giants Stadium, the Pontiff was up early this morning to travel to Queens. In the whipping wind and bright sunshine, the Pope greeted thousands for morning services at the famed Aqueduct racetrack: "Good morning. Yesterday evening, very strong rain. Today, very strong wind...
...weak, and return to traditional family values. As a crowd estimated at 75,000 listened,the Pope told them: "Not everyone here is powerful; not everyone here is rich. In fact, America's sometimes extravagant affluence often conceals much hardship and poverty." Moving to family concerns, the Pontiff called for an immediate end to abortion, and more family stability. "Society must strongly reaffirm the right of the child to grow up in a family in which, as far as possible, both parents are present," he said...
...surgery and recent health problems will not drive him to step down from St. Peter's Throne, even though Church law allows him to resign if he feels incapacitated. "I renew before Christ the offer of my availability to serve the Church for as long as He wants," the pontiff told 18,000 people in St. Peter's Square, who sang "Happy Birthday." Fellow Poles in the crowd regaled him with an even more upbeat song: "Stolat," or "100 Years...
...saving money and affiliating the Business School with the pontiff isn't all the dean has done. McArthur, arguably Harvard's most powerful figure, leaves behind him a legacy of accomplishments...
...year history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. TIME senior writer Richard N. Ostling notes that Hunter "had power in his church exceeding that of the pope, but made barely a dent as a church leader." (Mormons believe their leader, unlike the pontiff, can receive revelations directly from God.) Ostling adds that Hunter's successor, senior apostle Gordon Hinckley, 84, has actually been directing church affairs for several years...