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...seem to be a Kerry family specialty. At an early age, John had to act like a member of the Council on Foreign Relations to get his father's attention and perhaps his affection. That may have caused some rebellious moments, but young Kerry never renounced the foreign policy priesthood. He is, to this day, very much a diplomatic traditionalist...
...1970s, the Rev. Anderson, already established as a civil-rights activist, took naturally to the fight for female priesthood in Episcopalianism. "A few of us moved things along," she says. "It wasn't unlike the struggle for gays and lesbians today." But with that goal achieved (and her ordination shortly thereafter), her energies turned toward the church's charismatic renewal movement, which valued theological conservatism and belief in the gifts of the Holy Spirit alongside social activism. The trend attracted relatively little Episcopal attention in the U.S. at the time but exerted a greater fascination on the denomination's Anglican...
...Agronomist’s notes of distress provide some much-needed context and a new perspective to an American public intrigued by the recent political events of Haiti. Demme’s documentary provides a realistic picture of Aristide—who entered the political scene from Catholic priesthood amidst high expectations and who became entangled in the same corruption and tendencies toward despotism that had been the hallmark of previous governments. And through its effective use of interviews with a deceased subject and his relatives, a clear line is drawn between Dominique, the perennial advocate for the poor masses...
...human who slowly learns he's divine, and Kevin Smith's Dogma, a raw comedy about an abortion-clinic worker who is a lineal descendant of Jesus. Anyway, I defended these films in TIME, and I took at face value the testimony of Scorsese, who once contemplated entering the priesthood, and Smith, who describes himself as a devout Catholic, that their films were acts of faith...
...groups Call to Action and Futurechurch. The discovery that, as Turner puts it, Magdalene "got the shaft" started her thinking about how to change the situation. She was happy to find that the two organizations, which see Magdalene's recovered image as an argument for their goal of a priesthood open to all those who feel called, coordinate celebrations around the world on her feast...