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...soprano whose voice (since she gave birth to triplets) has darkened to a take-no-prisoners mezzo. In the role of the doomed warrior Radames, all-American tenor "Tex Stolto" can't seem to resist handing out 8-by-10 glossies of himself. And as Ramfis, the high priest, Russian bass "Boris Pistoff" doffs his headdress to reveal himself as a Conehead...
...Boston area. Salvi was returned to Massachusetts, where he faces murder charges. In a bizarre statement denying guilt and alleging discrimination against Catholics (by Freemasons, no less), Salvi said that if convicted, "I wish to receive the death penalty," but if acquitted, "I will become a Catholic priest...
...gets some part-time help. But last summer, when he gingerly suggested that ex-priests -- who left holy orders to marry -- be allowed to preside over the alternative Mass, the proposal was quickly quashed after angry parishioners complained to the archdiocese. Says Chicago's Joseph Cardinal Bernardin: "It was I who indicated to Father Kenneally that 'you are going against church discipline.' " At a meeting in January, church members will debate a proposal to allow lay people to preside over a Communion service once a month using wine and wafers that have been previously consecrated by a priest. Whatever...
Profile: Philosopher and autocrat, Polish priest and Roman Pontiff, aging...
Travel agents said last week that few passengers were canceling flights, despite their increased anxiety. Said Chicago travel agent Carol Peters: "A lot of people see these things as acts of God." But the Rev. John Peter Pham, a Catholic priest flying from Chicago to Peoria, disagreed: "I would object to blaming God for plane crashes when they are really due to human error or some other negligence...