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...Vatican official, who, like his colleagues, requested anonymity. "He seems to be a quiet, faithful secretary. And I think he is. But even with his quiet demeanor, he has incredible power--and uses it." He reportedly blocked one bishop's appointment to a key post because he considered that priest more vital to the Pope's personal needs...
...that his father's case isn't quite closed. At the funeral a sinister billionaire confronts him about some mysterious "arrangements" the judge made before his death, of which Talcott knows nothing. A white chess pawn--the judge was a chess fiend--is delivered by an unknown messenger. The priest who delivered Oliver's eulogy turns up dead, his body grotesquely tortured (Carter might want to tell his kids to avert their eyes at this point). As in all good mysteries, the key to the present lies in the past, and to find it, Talcott must delve not only into...
...grateful for your informative and well-researched article. Gay priests have always been part of the church and will always continue to be. The challenge now is whether they will be forced even further into the closet, creating another generation of tormented and lonely men who want to serve God but are told they are sinful. The church authorities seem reluctant to see this as a problem of their leadership. They have failed the people, and they have failed the clergy. Perhaps your report will help put a human face on the clergy who are gay and help people understand...
...does not matter whether a Roman Catholic priest is homosexual or heterosexual as long as he is true to his vows of celibacy [RELIGION, May 20]. The real scandal in the church is how the hierarchy has swept under the rug the actions of pedophile priests. Being homosexual should not be equated with being a pedophile. This misleading connotation is causing great pain to many gays and to innocent priests. JOYCE RHODY Albert Lea, Minn...
...horns, rickshaw chimes and temple bells nearly drowns out one of the day's early funeral processions. The cortege turns into the packed alleys surrounding the Golden Temple, where lanes that barely fit two abreast are thronged with devotees, foreheads smeared with vermilion tikka, a blessing from the temple priest...