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Nobody has opposed the sexual revolution more steadfastly than the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Only last year the Vatican reiterated its condemnation of all sexual relations outside marriage, calling this judgment an "absolute and immutable" part of God's law. In a statement last November the U.S. bishops were equally unyielding, saying that sex is "a moral and human good only within marriage...
...marriage and pursue an independent career" the couple "will begin living separately and apart." According to the announcement, "Pierre will have custody of their three children [Justin, 5, Alexandre, 3, and Michel, 1½], giving Margaret generous access to them." Whether divorce will follow is uncertain, since both are Roman Catholics (Margaret by conversion). "Both pray," the statement concluded, "that their separation will lead to a better relationship between themselves...
...Domitilla, St. Callistus, St. Sebastian-these are among the early Christians whose shrines attract thousands of pilgrims to the catacombs underneath Rome. The 1929 Concordat that established Vatican rule over these ancient burial grounds also gave the Roman Catholic Church control of two other catacombs in which it had little interest. These, several centuries older than the Christian sites, contained the graves of more than 100,000 of the Jews who had migrated to the ancient capital after the 1st century B.C. And so the crypts were sealed off and left in darkness...
...centuries' accumulation of rubble from blocked passages and dusted off the marble commemorative stones. In the course of this work, they have discovered elaborate decorations in the catacomb located on the Via Appia Pignatelli, off the Appian Way south of the city. A burial place for rich Roman Jews, the catacomb has a small mosaic-paved courtyard aboveground, leading downward to a main passageway six feet wide, branching off into narrower tunnels. One leads to a pair of burial vaults covered with frescoes, their bright blues, reds, greens, yellows and whites still preserved. One wall depicts religious themes including...
...Carlist family of pretenders to the Spanish throne; of a heart attack; in Chur, Switzerland. Distant cousins of King Juan Carlos, Xavier's family fought and lost two civil wars for the crown during the 19th century; the prince was heir to their romantic lost cause. Although the Roman Catholic Carlists supported Franco during the Spanish Civil War, the generalissimo refused to recognize their dynastic claims and subsequently expelled Prince Xavier from the country. In recent years, a family feud between Xavier's sons-Leftist Prince Hugo and Traditionalist Prince Sixto-has divided the Carlist Party. Their father...