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...cognizant of our spiritual grounding harking back to this country's origins. The truth is that the previous Pope and the handpicked bishops that rule the dioceses have driven out any plain talkers. That was all done with the iron hand of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger behind the scenes as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He wants a church made up of Ave Maria University zealots - the chosen few who will preserve Catholicism as the Pope envisions it in all its medieval splendor. To think that the church has gone from John XXIII to this Pope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

After Vatican II, Ratzinger embarked on a more conservative path. The embrace of religious plurality, in his view, did not extend to an acceptance that all roads to salvation are equal or to a license for democracy within his church. During 24 years as the prefect of the CDF, Ratzinger earned the nickname "God's Rottweiler," savaging suspected heresies, mostly liberal ones, and ending the careers of several old Vatican II allies. Americans were not exempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The American Pope | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...freshmen get bombarded with an intimidating 2,590 pages of academic jargon before they even start their classes. But this past year, for the first time, they had some hired help in navigating the mess: their Peer Advising Fellows (PAFs).The Peer Advising Fellows Program, designed to replace the Prefect Program, specifically trains the PAFs to give academic advice as well as social support. It attempts to facilitate strong relationships between freshmen and upperclassmen, allowing the freshmen to seek help from those close to them in age and experience, with the upperclassmen reaping the rewards of their efforts through...

Author: By Kaoru Takasaki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Money Can’t Buy You Love | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

Gouinlock, a biological anthropology concentrator in Pforzheimer House, has served on the Junior Class Events Commission and the executive board of the Prefect Program, and now is a member of the Student Advisory Board of the Advising Programs Office and the College Events Board...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In First, College Names Czarina | 3/13/2007 | See Source »

Gouinlock is a Biological Anthropology concentrator in Pforzheimer House. She has served on the Executive Board of the Prefect Program, the Junior Class Events Commission, and is currently on the Student Advisory Board of the Advising Programs Office...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gouinlock Named Fun Czar | 3/12/2007 | See Source »

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