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...Patrick J. Norton, 70, onetime Dubuque, Iowa newspaper distributor and father of 14, returned from Rome, celebrated his first Mass in a U.S. church as a Roman Catholic priest. Though drawn to the priesthood as a young man, Father Norton had to find a job in which he could help his needy family. After the death of his wife, and with his children grown, he entered studies for the priesthood...
Then followed nine years of drifting from job to job, convictions for false pretenses, petty larceny, and once for hitting his landlady over the head with a cricket bat. A kindly Roman Catholic priest befriended him, tried to reunite him and his wife, but Christie stole the priest's car and went to jail again. After that the Christies went to live at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, a shabby London district. In World War II, Christie joined the Police War Reserve and earned two commendations for "efficient detection in crime.'' He took up photography, kept scores...
...cost of $12,000, expecting that this would encourage Bisaccia to recast the bell. (It didn't.) After World War II, Louis decided to recast the bell in honor of his son Major Raymond Salzarulo, who was killed at Midway. Louis sent $500 to Don Guerrizzo, the parish priest...
...letter to the weekly, a Catholic priest quickly pointed out that the church forbids cremation, not because it interferes with the resurrection of the body (which would involve a denial of the omnipotence of God), but because burial is sanctioned by long church usage...
...Ludgerus Square. They poured through the streets of the bomb-blasted old German town, past posters proclaiming "The City Comes to Hear Pater Leppich!" and under streamers announcing "Pater Leppich Speaks." Staring down from smashed churches, lampposts and walls were countless pictures of a craggy-faced Roman Catholic priest...