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...pundit declared that Jewish groups were "humiliating Poland internationally by demanding money" for property expropriated during World War II and likened their efforts to a "holocaust industry," the Vatican itself decided this was the last straw. It instructed the Polish Catholic church to prevent its station from mixing prayer and politics. The trouble for Poland is that Radio Maryja's excesses are a disturbing straw in the wind. The country's new government is using the broadcaster as its outlet of choice in a campaign to "purify" Poland, an effort that has included attacks on critical journalists, on an "alcoholic...
Dennis Dubro strives to bring the principles of his spiritual beliefs to his job as an engineer in the nuclear division of a utility company in Fremont, Calif. He begins and ends each day with quiet prayer. Both are practices he developed in his 17 years as a member of Opus Dei. But Dubro, now 55, left the organization almost 20 years ago, disillusioned by the rigid obedience it demanded of its members...
...assistants are the female domestic crews that serve meals, do laundry and clean at Opus Dei facilities. "It's like working at a hotel," says Lucy, except that the job requires daily prayer, daily penance and lifelong celibacy. The work meant 12-hour days, six or seven days a week at Opus Dei centers from San Francisco to Boston, and Lucy says her minimum-wage salary was turned over to the organization. She found the stringent regulation of her life incredibly grueling. "You had to ask permission to do everything," she recalls. "If you wanted to go out with...
...White House" Web chat in 2004 when he was asked if he had picked the tie the President had worn on TV a few nights before. His reply: "No !! (All I can say is that Mrs. Bush was not here that day.)" Asked about the role of prayer in his management style, Card typed: "I feel very blessed to work for our President. I do pray and know that others pray...
DeLay, who was in Congress for 21 years, must still fight the Texas charges that cost him his post as majority leader last September. He will be long remembered for the big grin he struck in his mug shot when he was booked. "I said a little prayer before I actually did the fingerprint thing and the picture," he said. "My prayer was basically, 'Let people see Christ through me. And let me smile.' Now, when they took the shot from my side, I thought it was the fakiest smile I'd ever given. But through the camera...