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...pilgrims to Shanksville still exude the same manic patriotism that swept the U.S. immediately after Sept. 11. On a recent afternoon, 150 members of Rotary International, brandishing small American flags, descended on the site in three tour buses. The Rev. Duane Slade paid homage to the passengers who went down fighting: "We must recognize those who died to save our country from even greater loss," he intoned, before leading the crowd in a rendition of God Bless America...
...against the 22 states that missed the deadline. Meanwhile, legislators in Maryland and Rhode Island have set up task forces to study school discipline. In April, under a new state law, Ohio released suspension data broken down by race for each of its school districts. Earlier this month the Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed a conference at the Northwestern University School of Law titled "Dreams Deferred: A Closer Look at School Discipline...
...being a healthy, celibate priest is being at peace with one's sexuality, says the Rev. Robert Silva, president of the National Federation of Priests' Councils. "I say to both gay and straight seminarians, You have to be comfortable with who you are. You have to understand that sexual feelings are part of the human experience. The priesthood is a difficult life. If you find the stresses and the isolation so great, you're going to seek to fill the void...
...greater challenge--for gay and straight priests--comes in life after seminary. Living in a rectory, says the Rev. Jim Morris, can be a desperately lonely experience. "You share some of your parishioners' most important moments--birth, marriage, death--and at the end of the day, you lock the door, and you are by yourself." Morris, 51, spent six years as the associate pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes in Queens Village, N.Y. In 1995 he found himself in love and took a leave of absence to live with his partner. He continues to act sacramentally, though, celebrating Mass...
...human problem and not just one for the Roman Catholic Church, we will be able to make progress in dealing with it. In the past, a calm, investigative approach has usually led to solutions to problems facing our society, and that method should work again with this one. (THE REV.) WILLIAM D. TURNBULL Stillwater...