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...Cape provided comfort in the times of tragedy that seemed to visit the Kennedys like the seasons. After their eldest brother Joe died during World War II, John and his sister Kathleen - both of whom sometimes struggled with their faith - would go to St. Francis Xavier together to pray...
Teddy's relationship with the church was uneven. He felt more disconnected from his faith after losing four of his older siblings to early and violent deaths, surviving a plane crash that killed one of his aides, and experiencing the tragedy and scandal of Chappaquiddick. But he continued to pray, even when he wasn't sure it would do much good. In the early 1980s, after the failure of both his marriage and his challenge to take the Democratic presidential nomination from Jimmy Carter, Kennedy would often walk across the street from the Senate office buildings to St. Joseph...
Kennedy both fought death and welcomed it, consulted the experts, treated his brain tumor aggressively, but also made his plans and found some peace. President Obama hand delivered a letter from him to Pope Benedict XVI and asked that the Pontiff pray for him. Kennedy finished his memoirs. He soaked up honors and awards. He gathered the family and led the prayers two weeks ago when Eunice died. "It's been a chance for us to bond and be together and share a special time together," said his son Patrick of the final days. "That's a big gift...
Quad Library: Administrators say they’re converting it into “social space,” so now Quadlings will have to toil away on papers in Lamont. Just one more reason to pray you’re not Quadded. Beg the River Gods, nightly...
...tuks, the three-wheeler rickshaws that traverse the island. At the shrine, the faint but constant hum of prayers and hymns rose above the rustling of pilgrims' feet. Large piles of slippers, sandals and an assortment of shoes of every nature accumulated by the doors outside the church. Families prayed together, others lined up in a long queue that slowly snaked around the church to get a brief moment to touch the altar where the venerated statue is kept. I saw four young girls kneel and walk the entire length of the church on their knees to pray...