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...DIED. CARDINAL JAIME SIN, 76, powerful Philippine Roman Catholic leader and political figure; in Manila. Named Archbishop of Manila in 1973, a year after former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Cardinal Sin became an outspoken critic of the authoritarian government. His influence over the Philippines' devoutly Catholic population helped spark the People Power protests that toppled two presidents?Marcos in 1986 and Joseph Estrada in 2001. "Politics without Christ is the greatest scourge of our nation," Cardinal Sin said at his 2003 retirement ceremony...
...about the tape. There might well be another scandal or two along the way, made public at what Arroyo's enemies deem a vulnerable moment for her. Then, her opponents hope (and the palace fears), indignation will be whipped up through protests, aided by leftist groups and possibly the Roman Catholic Church, to start a People Power movement similar to the ones against Marcos and Estrada...
...even the Kennedys could produce spring on demand, however, and the wedding day dawned damp and cool. But at the white clapboard St. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Church, as the jubilant bride arrived in a muslin silk and lace Marc Bohan gown, she had a sunny smile for crowds that had been gathering since before 9 a.m. Helping the bride with her 11-ft. train were her ten attendants, including her cousin Caroline Kennedy as maid of honor. Schwarzenegger had arrived the day before from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he had been shooting his latest film...
...first Abraham escapes Roman soldiers. He flees to Alexandria with his sons, who thrive until a civil war inflames the population. His grandson ventures to Rome, where persecutions resume; a few chapters later, a descendant is in North Africa, courting the daughter of a Jewish Berber. The holders of the scroll move to Spain, to Narbonne, to Italy and Salonika, Holland and Paris and Poland, where the final chapter is inscribed in ashes...
Butler's seven-building complex, with its WHITES ONLY sign at the gate, nestles amid towering evergreens near Hayden Lake, Idaho. The tranquil setting contrasts with unnerving events in nearby Coeur d'Alene over the past several weeks: a bombing at the home of a Roman Catholic priest who opposes white racism, then more bombings to divert attention from planned robberies at banks and a National Guard armory. Last week a former security chief of Butler's church, David Dorr, 35, and two others who attended meetings were charged in the bombings. The church professed shock at the incidents...