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Getting to see Steve Jobs at Apple is like having an audience with one of the later Roman Emperors, powerfully charismatic men who loved the adulation of the crowd in the Coliseum but made sure to put many veils between themselves and visitors. The object, it seems, is to drench you in anticipation...
...BELGIUM Nuns on Trial in Rwandan Genocide Four Rwandans, including two Roman Catholic nuns, went on trial in Brussels in connection with the 1994 genocide in the Central African country once administered by Belgium. They pleaded not guilty to assisting the Hutu killers. The trial is the first under a Belgian law allowing charges to be brought in the country for human rights crimes committed anywhere...
...harbor, called Ouchy, lies at its foot. On sunny days locals flock here to stroll along the lake the Swiss know as Lac Léman. From here a 20-minute walk takes you to Vidy, a vast park with a smaller harbor. These shores bear vestiges of Roman presence dating back to 4500 B.C., with well-preserved ruins scattered along lakeside paths...
...grotesque monster," the "devil in disguise." Not the talk you expect to hear about the Pope from your parish priest. Not unless you're in Greece, where Christian Orthodox clergy are hellbent on canceling POPE JOHN PAUL II's first papal visit next week. Protests by zealots--who blame Roman Catholic Crusaders for sacking Constantinople, seat of the Orthodox Byzantine Empire, in 1204--will probably not deter John Paul when he starts a biblical pilgrimage that will continue to Syria and Malta, following in the footsteps of St. Paul. The Pope was invited by Greek President COSTIS STEPHANOPOULOS, and some...
...Even if we believe that the Holy Spirit will eventually choose the next Pope by guiding the hand of his electors, we must still admit that the Holy Spirit's hand will have been steered by that of John Paul II. Sadly, the 1 billion followers of the Roman Catholic faith are not represented; they just follow. My impression is that the Cardinals have invested their lives in climbing the lofty hierarchy of the church in a frantic search for power. This is reinforced by the fact that your article says nothing about the spiritual and social values...