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...American prelate in the Vatican with the most regular access to the Pope. He is Archbishop Justin Rigali, a Los Angeles native who heads both the Holy See's diplomatic school and the English-language section of the Secretariat of State. Vatican insiders expect that John Paul will reaffirm some of his basic policies but without scolding. Says Vatican Press Spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls: "He will convince not with authority but affection...
...visit is immoral!" Not at all, responds Archbishop John L. May, president of the Bishops' Conference: "The church spends that amount of money on the poor every two or three days." John Paul's visit, the St. Louis prelate adds, will "help a lot of us reaffirm our commitment to our Catholic tradition." Conference Spokesman Carl Eifert calculates that the $20 million cost for the entire visit amounts to 38 cents for each of the nation's 53 million Catholics...
...contributors are becoming edgy about secretive and sensationalistic televangelism empires. Asks McKendree R. Langley in Eternity, a respected evangelical news monthly: "Wouldn't it be a step in the right direction for TV preachers to cut back on financial appeals, end outrageous claims of having direct pipelines to God, reaffirm by example the rightness of modest life-styles, demonstrate deeper biblical spirituality and articulate a Christian worldview?" That sound you hear is an army of embarrassed Christians shouting "Amen...
Kennedy School Dean Graham T. Allison '62 has also announced a program of four public service intiatives to mark the anniversary and to reaffirm the school's commitment to President Kennedy's vision of public service...
...meeting the board voted to reaffirm the college's investment Oberlin has about $15 million invested in companies that do business in South Africa...