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...incense and intrigue of another papal conclave is upon us again. Well, sort of. Pope Benedict XVI is alive and well and attending to his mission as absolute ruler of the Roman Catholic Church for the foreseeable future. But just down the block from St. Peter's Square, church elders - though not all so old, and without a Cardinal among them - have begun gathering for a closed-door meeting to elect the man dubbed the "black pope." That's the moniker historically assigned to the leader of the Jesuit order: for the color of the simple priestly vestments he keeps...
...Most Jesuits steer clear of offending the Vatican hierarchy, focusing on frontline missionary work amongst the poor and oppressed. Noted in particular for their vast network of schools and universities, the Jesuits are widely considered the day-to-day educational and intellectual motor for Roman Catholicism. Pecklers, who teaches liturgy at the Gregorian University in Rome, has lately been working on an education project in the hinterlands of Mongolia. "Whereas a Benedictine is centered around his monastery, the Jesuit's life is the road. The way we've achieved our credibility is getting our hands dirty, getting involved in issues...
...This history of the [poet] laureate is from Roman times,” says Redmond. “But it was always an upper class thing...
McCormick applies these varied fields of research to problems ranging from medieval climate to the fall of the Roman Empire, in order to solve the ultimate question of our origin and heritage...
...enough of that show. But seriously, isn’t that a problem we all have? 5) DAPAs aren’t very popular in Winthrop. We want booze, not chips and salsa. 6) Those Kirklanders argue about the new Microsoft Word font. Times New Roman is so last millennium. 7) Lowell got a bit too excited about their freshman shirts…LOLhouse Lowellcats? 8) Remember last year’s Risk game? Well PfoHo won, and it has the list thread to prove it. 9) We hate the UC, and Mather wanted to do something about it. Last...